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Free Year 5 Informative Writing Worksheets

3 free informative writing resources for Year 5: 3 worksheets. Answers included.

Reports, explanations and procedures. In Year 5, In Year 5 students multiply larger numbers, divide with remainders, explore equivalent fractions, decimals to hundredths, angles and area.

Students will practise: writing a classification statement; organising facts under subheadings; using technical vocabulary; writing in a formal, factual voice; identifying the parts of a procedure; starting each step with a command verb; putting steps in a logical order; writing clear, precise instructions.

Recommended learning path

  1. 1Native Animal Information Report — Writing Prompt
  2. 2Writing a Procedure: How-To Instructions
  3. 3Information Reports: Facts, Subheadings and Topic Sentences
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Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Writing a Procedure: How-To Instructions

    Students learn how a procedure tells the reader how to do or make something. They read a model procedure for growing a bean plant and find…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    17 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Information Reports: Facts, Subheadings and Topic Sentences

    Students learn three building blocks of an information report using facts about octopuses. They tell facts from opinions, sort facts under…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    20 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Writing Prompts

Prompts with planning space and success criteria.

  • Writing Prompt

    Native Animal Information Report — Writing Prompt

    Students research and write a structured information report about a native New Zealand animal, with a classification statement, paragraphs…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    45 min
    Questions
    6 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

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Common questions

What do Year 5 students learn about informative writing?

Reports, explanations and procedures. At Year 5, our resources focus on: writing a classification statement; organising facts under subheadings; using technical vocabulary; writing in a formal, factual voice.

Where should we start?

Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Spend five minutes planning before writing.
  2. Use the success criteria as a checklist when editing.
  3. Compare the model opening with your child's opening — what makes each one work?

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