If your students find grammar lessons dull, you’re not alone. However, 5th Grade Grammar with Animated Shorts is here to change that! This method engages students with video lessons, interactive games, and animated shorts that make grammar fun and effective. Your students will not only learn grammar skills but also look forward to their next lesson!
In this post, I’ll provide free sample activities similar to my paid grammar unit so you can try this engaging approach in your classroom. Scroll down to learn more about the complete product at the bottom of the post.5th Grade Grammar with Animated Shorts
Sample 5th Grade Grammar with Animated Shorts
These sample activities focus on conjunctions, one of the 5th-grade grammar standards. While these are not direct samples from my full resource, they give you a good idea of how animated shorts can transform your grammar lessons.
Animated Short – “Three Fools”
Challenge your students to turn these simple sentences into more complex ones:
- Original sentence: Blue and Yellow stake claims to leave no space for Green.
- Task: Rewrite the sentence as a complex sentence.
Have your students also practice using correlative conjunctions:
- Complete the sentence:
- Blue and Yellow are neither polite ___ hospitable.
- (Options: or / nor / not / yet)
Animated Short – “Robby”
Use this activity to practice combining sentences:
- Original sentence: The earthworm pulls out a small hand crank to chisel upward. Rocks fall on the earthworm’s head.
- Task: Combine the sentences into a compound or complex sentence.
Correlative conjunction practice:
- Complete the sentence:
- The digging was ___ very long ___ difficult.
- (Options: not / but / both / and / whether / or)
Animated Short – “Tornado VR Experience”
Have your students combine these sentences using conjunctions:
- Original sentences: You need warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. You also need dry air from Canada.
- Task: Combine the sentences using coordinating, subordinating, or correlative conjunctions.
Sample Answer: For a hurricane to form, two air masses must meet: warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and dry air from Canada.
What’s Included in the 5th Grade Grammar with Animated Shorts Unit
If you love these sample activities, you’ll enjoy the complete unit covering all 5th-grade Common Core grammar standards. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s included:
- Video Lessons with Organizers: Each lesson introduces a grammar concept with an engaging video. Students can complete organizers as they follow along.
- Animated Short Activities: Each lesson features 3+ animated shorts (23 in total), designed to reinforce the grammar skill.
- Practice Games: Students can practice the concepts with interactive games like Sorry, Bump, Dice, Aggravation, and Tic Tac Toe.
All activities are provided in printable and Google Slides formats, making them perfect for in-person or remote learning.
5th Grade Common Core Standards Covered
This unit covers the following standards:
- L.5.1: Command of standard English grammar
- L.5.1.A: Conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections
- L.5.1.B: Perfect verb tenses
- L.5.1.C: Verb tense for time, sequences, states, and conditions
- L.5.1.D: Correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tense
- L.5.1.E: Using correlative conjunctions
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