Grade 5 - Writing
6 printable versions - Challenge Me - About 6 minutes each
Grade 5 - Writing - Challenge Me
Worksheet 1Which introduction best opens a draft about library makerspaces?
Which conclusion best closes a draft about field trip planning?
Why is "Student-written announcements could make school news clearer and more useful." a useful introduction?
Why is "Protected lanes would make the park road safer for riders and drivers." a useful conclusion?
Which sentence is too broad to work as a focused introduction?
Introductions and conclusions frame a draft by preparing the reader at the start and giving closure at the end helps fifth graders make writing decisions they can explain and check for themselves. Students may write an opening that is too broad or a conclusion that simply repeats the first sentence without adding closure. This worksheet avoids open essay prompts and instead gives short editing, planning, and revision choices tied to one clear writing move. Students choose focused introductions, match conclusions to claims, identify weak openings, avoid repeated endings, and connect the final sentence to the draft purpose. Support versions use familiar school topics and direct wording. Standard and challenge versions add closer choices, more specific evidence, and sentence-level tradeoffs. Ask your child to explain why the chosen sentence, source, heading, or transition works better than the others. If a choice sounds impressive but does not fit the purpose or evidence, it is not the best writing decision.
An introduction for a school garden essay should name the garden idea and prepare the reader for the reasons.
Starting with a sentence so broad it could fit almost any essay.
The introduction points forward; the conclusion looks back and closes the idea.