Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension Tasks
Grade 5- Opposites Attract
- How To Make a Temporary Magnet
- Can Magnets Be Turned Off?
- A Surprise in a Book
- Manufacturing Paper
- The Printing Press
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Venice
- The Great Barrier Reef
- Australia's Great Barrier Reef (poem)
- Dolphins
- Deep Sea Angler Fish
- The Venus Fly Trap
- The Glass Frog
- I Wish
- James Cook Timeline
- Marco Polo
- Mount Everest
- A Most Fantastic Morning!
- Mouth Watering Science
- Bird Nests
- What is Gold?
- History of Gold
- Antarctic Animals
- Penguins
- Emperor Penguins
- Working in Antarctica
- Douglas Mawson
- Most Southern Land
- Winter to Spring
- Why Do We Have Seasons?
- Deserts
- How Do Plants and Animals Survive in the Desert?
- Camels
- How Camels Survive in the Desert
- Horrible Little Monsters
- All About Ticks
- What is a Tropical Rainforest?
- Plants of the Daintree Rainforest
- Animals of the Daintree Rainforest
- Strangler Figs
- Locusts and Grasshoppers
- How Does a Mirror Work?
- Rainbows
- How Greenhouses Work
- Polar Bears
Poetry
Writing
Descriptive Writing
Grade 5Imaginative Writing
Grade 5Informative Writing - Procedures
Grade 5Informative Writing - Information Reports
Grade 5Informative Writing - Explanations
Grade 5Grammar
Grammar
Grade 5- Relating verbs
- Conjunctions
- Interjections
- Prepositions
- Opinion Adjectives
- Progressive verb tenses
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
- Similes
- Non literal meaning
- Shades of meaning
- Apostrophes – possession (Common and proper nouns)
- Vocabulary to provide greater precision on meaning
- Words can have different meaning in different context.
Developing Language
Grade 5- Synonyms 5.1
- Adjectives
- Homonyms 6
- Homonyms 7
- Synonyms (like, make, push, go...)
- Synonyms (wet, alter, fix, true...)
- Synonyms (rest, sit, turn, mend...)
- Synonyms (cry, under, sleep, run...)
- Synonyms (sad, happy, bright, job, light...)
- Antonyms (good, happy, come, up, before....)
- Antonyms (careful, lost, friend, forget...)
- Antonyms (slow, dirty, big, loud...)
- Antonyms (open, give, throw, love...)
- Antonyms (fix, yell, sit, sleep...)
Spelling and Vocabulary
Editing Text - Spelling Errors
Grade 5- Editing text - Spelling (reword, review...)
- Editing text - Spelling (stadium, sprinter....)
- Editing text - Spelling (frequent, accept....)
- Editing text - Spelling (pledge, suggest....)
- Editing text - Spelling (fled, meant....)
- Editing text - Spelling (lifestyle, antique...)
- Editing text - Spelling (area, senator....)
- Editing text - Spelling (dinosaur, species....)
- Editing text - Spelling (thriving, wept....)
- Editing text - Spelling (senator, politics...)
Word Building
Grade 5Rules
Grade 5- Rule: Adding Prefixes
- Suffix Rule: Change 'y' to 'i'
- Rule 'i before e'
- Rule 'i before e exceptions'
- Suffix Rules: Retain the 'y'
- Suffix Rules: Making adverbs by adding 'fully'
- Suffix Rules -Retain silent 'e'
- Suffix Rule: 'ist or est'? Use 'est' for superlatives
- Suffix Rule: 'ist or est' Use 'ist' for occupations
- Suffix Rule 'tion or sion'? (When to choose '-tion')
- Suffix Rule 'tion or sion'? (When to choose '-sion')
- Suffix Rule: 'mission'
- Suffix Rule: 'cian', 'tion' or 'cian'?
- Suffix Rule: 'eer' for occupations
- Suffix Rule: 'maker' for occupations
- Suffix Rule: Retain silent 'e'
- Suffix Rule: drop 'e' to add 'able'
- Suffix Rule: Drop 'e' to add 'al'
- Plural Rule- Retain Latin spelling
Letter Combinations
Grade 5Prefix Origins
Grade 5Suffix Origins
Grade 5Word Origins
Grade 5Theme Based Words
Grade 5- Theme Based Spelling - Astronomy
- Theme Based Spelling - Materials
- Theme Based Spelling - Change of State
- Theme Based Spelling - Primates: more words
- Theme Based Spelling - Aboriginal Ceremony
- Theme Based Spelling - Buildings
- Theme Based Spelling - Mapping
- Theme Based Spelling - The Earth
- Theme Based Spelling - Butterflies
- Theme Based Spelling - Farming: industry
- Theme Based Spelling - Reptiles
- Theme Based Spelling - Exercise
- Theme Based Spelling - Trade
- Theme Based Spelling - Modal Adjectives
- Theme Based Spelling - Elections
- Theme Based Spelling - Statistics
- Theme Based Spelling - The Past
- Theme Based Spelling - Selling Goods
- Theme Based Spelling - Minerals
- Theme Based Spelling - Industry
- Theme Based Spelling - Energy
- Theme Based Spelling - Gold Rush
- Theme Based Spelling - Gold - Exploration
- Theme Based Spelling - Outlaws
- Theme Based Spelling - Space
- Theme Based Spelling - Changes of State
- Theme Based Spelling - Properties of Light
- Theme Based Spelling - Light
- Theme Based Spelling - Danger
- Theme Based Spelling - Natural Disasters
- Theme Based Spelling - Weather - Measurement
- Theme Based Spelling - Natural Events
- Theme Based Spelling - Famine
- Theme Based Spelling - Heat
- Theme Based Spelling - Batteries
- Theme Based Spelling - Countries - Divisions Within
- Theme Based Spelling - Parts of a Circle
- Theme Based Spelling - Government
Handwriting
Handwriting Printables
Grade 5- Joining to letter a
- Joining to letter e
- Joining to Letter i
- Joining to letter o
- Joining to letter u
- Joins after letters i, t, l and k
- Joins after letters c, a, d
- Joins after n, m and h
- Joining to letter s
- Joining Letters to x
- Joins after r, w and v
- Joining to letters f and t
- Letters b, p
- Letters y, g and j
- Tails: letters q and g
- Capital Letters A K Y X
- Capital Letters C G O Q
- Capital Letters B P R D
- Capital Letters L E F H
- Capital Letters J I T
- Capital Letters S Z
- Capital Letters V W N M
Poetry Handwriting Tasks
Grade 5Handwriting Worksheets
Handwriting 5
Grade 5- Joining to letter a
- Joining to letter e
- Joining to Letter i
- Joining to letter o
- Joining to letter u
- Joins after letters i, t, l and k
- Joins after letters c, a, d
- Joins after n, m and h
- Joining to letter s
- Joining Letters to x
- Joins after r, w and v
- Joining to letters f and t
- Letters b, p
- Letters y, g and j
- Tails: letters q and g
- Capital Letters A K Y X
- Capital Letters C G O Q
- Capital Letters B P R D
- Capital Letters L E F H
- Capital Letters J I T
- Capital Letters S Z
- Capital Letters V W N M
Spelling Worksheets
Word Building
Grade 5Spelling Rules and Language
Grade 5Prefixes and Suffixes
Grade 5Themed Lists
Grade 5Revision/Exam Prep (English)
Grammar and Punctuation
Grade 5- Grammar and Punctuation 5.1
- Grammar and Punctuation 5.2
- Grammar and Punctuation 5.3
- Grammar and Punctuation 5.4
- Grammar and Punctuation 5.5
- Grammar and Punctuation 5.6
- Grammar and Punctuation 5.7
- Grammar and Punctuation 5.8
- Correcting Spelling
- Choosing the Correct Word
- Correctly Complete a Sentence
- Correctly Punctuated Sentences
- Identifying Adverbs and Adjectives
- Correct Usage
- Correct Words to Complete Sentences
- Correctly Written Sentences
Spelling - editing text
Grade 5- Spelling - Correcting Underlined Words 5.1
- Spelling - Correcting Underlined Words 5.2
- Enter Correct Spelling
- Editing text - Spelling (reword, review...)
- Editing text - Spelling (stadium, sprinter....)
- Editing text - Spelling (frequent, accept....)
- Editing text - Spelling (pledge, suggest....)
- Editing text - Spelling (fled, meant....)
- Editing text - Spelling (lifestyle, antique...)
- Editing text - Spelling (area, senator....)
- Editing text - Spelling (dinosaur, species....)
- Editing text - Spelling (thriving, wept....)
- Editing text - Spelling (senator, politics...)