A Hero from History Informative Writing

Read the source first and highlight the key facts. Cover the source before writing so your child uses their own words. Check that each fact came from the text, using the key as a guide.

5th grade informative writing page about a hero from history. An informative paragraph tells true facts about a topic. A conclusion ends it with a final thought. The directions on the page read: Read the fact card. Then, write a paragraph in your own words. Then, end with a conclusion. The answer key gives a marking guide and a model answer, since answers will vary.

Yes, both. We made it for 5th Grade writing topics, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with informative writing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

CCSS W.5.2 asks fifth graders to introduce a topic, group related information, develop it with facts, definitions and quotations, link ideas, and write a conclusion.

Evidence is a detail from the text that proves your answer. Have your child answer the question, then point to the sentence in the passage that shows why (RI.5.1).

A research summary puts the facts from notes into one short paragraph in the writer's own words (W.5.8). The research summary sheet gives four note cards about Mars and asks for a paragraph without copying.

Yes. All four sheets include a key with a marking guide and a model response.

Fifth graders write opinion pieces with logically ordered reasons (CCSS W.5.1), informative texts with facts and quotations (W.5.2) and narratives with dialogue, description and pacing (W.5.3). They also plan, revise and edit (W.5.5), gather information and summarize it (W.5.8) and cite text evidence (RI.5.1).

A thesis statement names the topic and makes a point in one sentence. Compare a weak version, "I like lunch," with a strong one that gives a reason, then have your child write one for each new topic and check it against a three-point checklist.

Have your child answer the question first, then point to the sentence in the passage that proves the answer. A strong response names the evidence and explains how it supports the answer.

Yes. All 15 new sheets include an answer key with a marking guide and a model response.