4th and 5th Grade Common Core English Language Arts Exercises

Students will understand just where their vocabulary words come from with this root words exercise.

Students will be able to understand words without a dictionary after they work through this exercise teaching how to determine the meaning of words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

This exercise provides ground rules for forming plurals, as well as common irregular words students should learn.

This exercise will help students expand their vocabulary by learning how to read multi syllable words.

Written communication skills are essential for success in professional settings in today's world. Help your students get ahead with these exercises that challenge them to test their knowledge and provide them with helpful hints!

This Education.com exercise makes it clear to students how to break down compound and hyphenated words correctly.

Have your fourth grader test their knowledge of subjects and predicates with these exercises that ask them to identify whether a sentence is a fragment, and what is missing.

By fifth grade, students are starting to use all of the parts of speech in their writing. Make sure they do so correctly with these exercises that solidify the place of these words in sentences.

Introduce students to the world of idioms with this exercise that shares some of the most common expressions in the English language.

This exercise is the difference between the proverbial "teaching your students to fish" and simply giving them the answers.

Show students why they need to give special attention to the syllable ‘y’ found at the end of many words.

Students will hone their ability to identify differences between homophones with this final exercise in the series.

Connecting sentences and ideas is key in essay and report writing, and these exercises will help your fourth grader get ahead of the curve.

Prepare your Fifth Grader for middle school and beyond with this capitalization exercise that reinforces what they already know and teaches them new skills.

Teach students how to change the meaning of words by adding suffixes with this simple exercise.

This exercise will teach students learn how to pronounce the unique sounds of words containing double syllables.

Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with your students to help them succeed as they begin writing reports and essays.

Your students will be all smiles when learning how to compare objects with this similes exercise.

Allow your fourth graders to identify all parts of prepositional phrases with these exercises that have them visualize steps and provide helpful hints.

Some words are remarkably similar, and this exercise will build students’ confidence in finding the difference between them.

Replacing possessive nouns with possessive pronouns helps your students' writing sound more natural and makes for an effortless read. Give your fifth graders the practice they need with these exercises created specifically for their age group.

Give a cultural lesson and expand your students’ vocabulary at the same time with this idioms exercise.

With the basics established, students will enjoy making use of the knowledge of common prefixes shared in this exercise.

This example-filled exercise will help students develop a fuller understanding of context from clues embedded in texts.

Relative pronouns make it simple for your fourth grader to describe the subject of a sentence in a fluid and orderly way. Give them the practice they need with these exercises and helpful hints.

It will be much easier for students to learn how to spell after completing this exercise that gives them familiarity with common suffixes.

Students will be able to creatively apply metaphors to their discussions after they complete this exercise.

Our world is measured in relative phrases, and prepositions allow your student to describe nouns in a way that utilizes the knowledge of another.

Students who complete this exercise will have no problem spelling tricky multi-syllable words.

Solidify previous lessons with these exercises that review simple, compound, and complex sentences. Students will pick the correct form of a sentence from multiple choices.