English Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Apostrophe Review Worksheet
Practise using apostrophes with contractions and possessive nouns in this double-sided worksheet.
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Would You Rather...? Question Cards
Would You Rather use this set of 31 question cards or eat a can of worms?
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Phases of the Moon – Comprehension Worksheet
Analyse different moon phases and how their visual appearances change over time with this reading comprehension worksheet.
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Informative Text Writing Task – Why Do Volcanoes Erupt?
Research and write about how volcanoes erupt with a scaffolded informational writing task.
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Kangaroo Information Report – Writing Project
Get your students to write a kangaroo information report using this fact file, graphic organiser and writing scaffold.
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Free Desert Animal Adaptations Worksheets - Comprehension
Discover desert animal adaptations with a printable reading comprehension worksheet pack for Grade 4.
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Christmas Around the World – Brazil Mini Book
Introduce your students to Brazil’s Christmas traditions and decorations with a printable Christmas Around the World Mini Book.
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Roll and Write – Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
An interactive activity to help students practise writing simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Readers' Theatre Script - Dog Park Days
A script which can be used during readers' theatre or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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5 Narrative Writing Stimulus Sheets
Writing stimulus sheets with a narrative focus.
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Compare and Contrast - Venn Diagram Template
A template to use when teaching students how to compare and contrast.
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Oral Presentation Assessment Rubric
A rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' oral presentations.
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Polar Bear Adaptations Reading Comprehension Pack
Discover polar bear structural adaptations with a set of printable reading comprehension worksheets for Year 3.
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Readers' Theatre Script - Triple Trouble
A script which can be used during readers' theatre or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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Readers' Theatre Script - Radio Talk
A script which can be used during readers' theatre or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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Roll-a-Poem Dice Game
Get your students to write fun event-themed poems with this engaging 'Roll-a-Poem' dice game.
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Writing Persuasive Texts PowerPoint - Year 5 and Year 6
Explore the structure and language features of persuasive texts with these teaching slides.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Sort
Practise reading and identifying simple, compound and complex sentences with this sorting activity.
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Genre of the Month - Writing Prompt Grids (Upper)
Introduce your students to a variety of writing genres with our printable genre-specific writing prompt grids.
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Persuasive Devices Worksheet Pack
Explore persuasive language techniques with your students using this nine-page worksheet pack perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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PEEL Paragraph Structure Poster and Worksheets
Explore the acronym PEEL to help with paragraph technique during persuasive writing lessons.
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Identifying Informative Language Worksheets
Explore the types of language found in informative writing using this set of three information reports on a variety of age-appropriate topics.
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Identifying Descriptive Language Worksheets - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs
A set of 5 worksheets to help your students identify descriptive language in narrative texts.
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Editing and Revising Checklist Pack
Download this editing and revising checklist pack to support your students when revising and editing their written work.
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Australian Conservationists: The Irwins – Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the Irwin family and their conservation work with this 2-page reading passage and accompanying comprehension questions.
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Writing a Simile Poem - Worksheet
Experiment with similes by writing a simile poem about a special person.
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Persuasive Topic Cards - Upper Grades
A set of persuasive topic cards for upper primary.
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Year 5 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 3
A 93-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Readers' Theatre Script - Muddy Footprint Mystery
A script which can be used during readers' theatre or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Persuasive Writing Checklist Pack
Encourage self-checking with this set of 7 persuasive writing checklists.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric - Informative Writing
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' informative writing.
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Information Report Paragraph Structure – Poster and Planning Template
Explore information report paragraph structure with this classroom poster and paragraph planning scaffold.