Fifth Grade Writing

About Grade 5 Writing

Grade 5 writing (5th grade, ages 10–11) is 40 lessons in 5 units: Unit 1 — Essay & Structure (lessons 1–8), Unit 2 — Narrative & Personal Writing (lessons 9–16), Unit 3 — Informational & Research Writing (lessons 17–24), Unit 4 — Persuasive & Opinion Writing (lessons 25–32), and finally Unit 5 — Projects & Celebrations (lessons 33–40), project work that brings the year together. Along the way, children learn to identify the point of view (POV) from which a story is told, distinguish cause-effect from compare-contrast and define counter-argument and explain why strong writers anticipate one.

Start here: Lesson 1: Identify Types of Essays is free to open and print. Every other lesson has a free preview of its mini lesson and vocabulary.

Paper first: each lesson is printed before you call your child. You read it once and talk it through, your child does the exercises on paper, and you correct together with the Parent checklist — about 45 minutes at the table. The next day, a 10-minute screen review of the same lesson.