Support with Evidence is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on backing each reason with something checkable, aligned to Common Core standard W.5.1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 22 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Support with Evidence
W.5.1
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Explain how a vaccine works, for a reader who knows no biology.
I introduced the topic
I defined my terms
I used evidence
I wrote a conclusion
2.Explain why the Thames stopped freezing. Correct the usual explanation.
I introduced the topic
I named the usual explanation
I gave the real causes
I wrote a conclusion
LessonPrint · W.5.1 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Support with Evidence
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.The mechanism explained with pathogen and antibody defined, no assumed knowledge.
2.Why the Thames stopped freezing — the bridge and the channel — correcting the usual climate explanation.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.