5th+Grade+ELA

5th Grade Language Arts Skill Builders by Internet4Classrooms select any grammar or reading skill

We've highlighted some of the links from this site below:

Grammar Games:

 * Fish Tank Game - Type the root, suffix and/or prefix to create a Fish Tank. (multi-syllable words)
 * 10 questions that are scored, allows you to see the answers at the end and you can play again
 * Constructing Prefixes - Match the prefix with the **//opposite//** meaning by dragging to construct a match.

**Grammar:**
Capitalization & Punctuation
 * 1) Capitalization - Practice editing skills.
 * 2) Capitalization Quiz - [advanced] Practice editing skills.
 * 3) Capitalization Games - Many to select.
 * 4) Dear Mr. Henshaw - Find the mistakes in the parts of a friendly letter (a Quia quiz).
 * 5) Capitalization Jeopardy - Identify the capitalization errors.
 * 6) Interactive sites for Education - Many games to choose.
 * 7) PowerProofreading - Edit sentences with grammatical mistakes. (Internet Explorer)
 * 8) Proofreading Makes Perfect - Correct these sentences by typing in correct grammar.
 * 9) **Contractions** - Practicing Contractions With Trinh and Tai - Matching | Concentration
 * 10) Contractions and Negatives - Read the lesson then take the quiz.
 * 11) Contractions Crossword Puzzle - Write the two words that make the contraction for each clue.
 * 12) Contractions quiz - Match ten word pairs and their contractions [concentration style game].
 * 13) **Contractions Quizzes** from Quia - Matching | Flashcards | Concentration
 * 14) Grammar Blast - Choose 5th grade and then capitalization and punctuation; or any of the cumulative practice exercises.
 * 15) Type the Contraction - Type contraction form of words.

Vocabulary Building:
 * 1) Antonym Matching - A Quia quiz. Find pairs with opposite meaning.
 * 2) Homonyms - A Quia quiz. Read the sentence and select the correct word.
 * 3) Homonyms: Word Confusion from Fun Brain. Click the word that best fits the sentence.
 * 4) Homophones Game **//-//** [Skillwise game] Can you match the words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and have different meanings?
 * 5) Super Synonym Match-up - Try to find the synonym word pairs via this matching game. Over 60 word pairs to be found.
 * 6) Squanky the Tooth Taker: Tooth Tally - Select the word that means the same thing (synonym)as the word given.
 * 7) Synonym Quiz - Find the word that best completes the sentence.
 * 8) Synonym Match - Concentration style matching game with pairs of words with similar meanings.
 * 9) Synonym Match-Up - A Quia quiz to match the word with its synonym, concentration style,
 * 10) Synonym Matching - A Quia quiz. Find pairs of words with same meaning.
 * 11) Synonym Matching #2 - More practice finding the pairs of words with the same meaning.

Sentence Problems:
 * 1) Conjunctions - Click on the buttons to find the correct answer.
 * 2) Conjunctions Quiz I -Click the answer buttons to see the answers.
 * 3) Conjunctions Quiz II - Combine the sentences using the conjunction given in parentheses.
 * 4) Finding Fragments in Short Passages - Read each passage and click on the sentence fragment with your mouse. Print the accompanying handout to keep track of your answers. At the bottom of the page, click on next quiz for more practice.
 * 5) Fragments and Types of Sentences - Select the best answer to each question. Self checking.
 * 6) Sentence Sort - Select the correct type of sentence shown: simple, compound or complex.
 * 7) Sentence Structure - Select the correct sentence structure that is underlined.
 * 8) Sentence Types - Select the type of sentence (command, question, exclamation or statement) and then edit the sentence.

Reading
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Main Idea
 * 1) Finding the Main Idea - Read the passages and answer the questions.
 * 2) Get The Idea - Read the text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts.
 * 3) Identify the Main Idea - Read and answer 4 questions.
 * 4) Identify the Main Idea - Read and answer 6 questions.
 * 5) Main Idea and Supporting Detail - Choose the main idea of the paragraphs. Remember to make sure the main idea covers the entire paragraph, not just one sentence.
 * 6) Reading Detective - Quia quiz - Read each paragraph carefully. Decide what it is mostly about.
 * 7) Reading Headlines - Read eight headlines and try to determine what the article is about.
 * 8) Strategies for Better Reading - When you summarize, eliminate unnecessary details. Focus on the main idea of the whole passage.
 * 9) Understanding What You Read - Online interactive tutorial and quiz.
 * 10) What's the Big Idea - Solve a riddle by answering questions about the main idea.

Compare and Contrast:
 * 1) A Fishy Story - Read the story online and answer the questions in Word, Works, or on paper.
 * 2) Compare/Contrast - Identify how the characters are alike and how they are different. Read the lesson and then practice.
 * 3) Compare and Contract Lesson - Print off an organizer to write down the similarities and differences from the passage. Check your work with the answer keys.
 * 4) Compare and Contrast Practice - Read the two articles and answer questions comparing and contrasting the information.
 * 5) Compare and Contrast WebQuest - Mother Goose has been told that all of her fairy tales and rhymes are too old. She is looking for boys and girls to help her rewrite a few of her old stories into newer or modern ones.
 * 6) One Grain of Rice - Compare/contrast tales from different cultures. Read the passage and answer the questions.