Year 5 Conjunctions Resources

Conjunctions: FAN BOYS and You

Improve your students' sentence variation with this lesson that teaches them how to use conjunctions to improve the flow of their writing.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Rein in the Run-Ons

Lesson plan

Rein in the Run-Ons

Are your students having trouble taming run-on sentences into a more manageable length? In this lesson, your students will learn to not only recognise a run-on sentence, but also how to stop it in its tracks.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Vocabulary Boosters

Workbook

Vocabulary Boosters

Squeeze in some extra practise in word analysis, spelling, and punctuation with these engaging grammar worksheets.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Workbook

Scary Story Elements

Lesson plan

Scary Story Elements

In this lesson, students will use conjunctions to compare and contrast scary stories. It can be taught independently or used as a pre-lesson to Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Grammar 3

Guided Lesson

Grammar 3

As students become more sophisticated writers, they begin to understand that words have different “jobs” in a sentence. These jobs can be thought of as parts of speech. In this word study unit, students will learn about the work that transition words, prepositions, verbs, adverbs and adjectives do. Students will also explore how certain kinds of words work together, like verbs and adverbs.

Year 5

Guided Lesson

Compound Sentences in Nonfiction

Lesson plan

Compound Sentences in Nonfiction

This lesson helps your ELs identify the role of coordinating conjunctions and compound sentences in nonfiction texts. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson to Nonfiction Genres.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Sentence Scramble

Lesson plan

Sentence Scramble

Young writers will learn to manipulate and combine sentences with conjunctions and adverb phrases. This skill helps students understand that crafting sentences is a creative and artistic process.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Conjunctions 2

Exercise

Conjunctions 2

Conjunctions are important for linking two ideas in a cohesive and fluid way. Give your fourth grader the skills they need to correctly use conjunctions with these exercises.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Exercise

Spice Up Your Sentences with Adverb Phrases

Worksheet

Spice Up Your Sentences with Adverb Phrases

Teach young writers to spice up sentences with adverb phrases in this engaging activity.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Mix Up Your Sentences with Conjunctions and Adverb Phrases

Worksheet

Mix Up Your Sentences with Conjunctions and Adverb Phrases

In this writing exercise, students will practise crafting richer, complex sentence combinations using conjunctions and adverb phrases.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Comparing and Contrasting Scary Stories

Worksheet

Comparing and Contrasting Scary Stories

Practise comparing and contrasting scary stories using conjunctions to connect ideas.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Mixed Word Study Review Part 2

Worksheet

Mixed Word Study Review Part 2

In this assessment, students apply their language arts knowledge to grammar problems.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Using Conjunctions to Connect Facts

Worksheet

Using Conjunctions to Connect Facts

A conjunction is a word that joins two phrases together. With the help of this worksheet, students will learn how to use conjunctions to connect related facts—and they'll learn about waterspouts along the way!

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Linking Up Ideas

Worksheet

Linking Up Ideas

Give your students the opportunity to practise combining ideas using transition words and conjunctions.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

The Pentagon Tour Tips and Tricks

Worksheet

The Pentagon Tour Tips and Tricks

Read through a student’s how-to and tips for touring the Pentagon. While reading, students will decide if they should use a preposition or conjunction in the text.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sentence Makeover 2

Worksheet

Sentence Makeover 2

Give a paragraph a beauty makeover! Take a paragraph this is choppy and create a more rhythmic and flowing paragraph.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sentence Makeover 1

Worksheet