Camping Countdown

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen reading comprehension, grammar usage, contextual analysis, and sentence meaning through an engaging narrative activity. Students read a short camping-themed story and choose whether for or since correctly completes each sentence, requiring careful attention to time expressions, duration, and starting points that shape meaning.

Learning Goals

• Grammar: Prepositions of Time (Grades 4-6): Accurately apply for and since based on whether a sentence shows duration or a starting point.
• Reading Comprehension: Interpret narrative details and use context clues to make accurate grammar choices.
• Sentence Meaning & Vocabulary: Understand how time expressions affect clarity, tense, and overall meaning within sentences.
• Contextual Analysis: Analyze surrounding information in a story to support correct language decisions.

Instructional Support

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA grammar and reading standards.
• Story-Based Grammar Practice: Embeds grammar instruction within a meaningful narrative rather than isolated sentences.
• Flexible Implementation: Suitable for independent work, small groups, literacy centers, homework, or review.
• Supports Diverse Learners: Contextual clues help reinforce understanding for students who struggle with abstract grammar rules.
• Low-Prep Printable: Easy to use in both classroom and homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence with time-related grammar, reading comprehension, and contextual reasoning. By completing a cohesive story using for and since, learners strengthen their understanding of how grammar choices impact narrative clarity and sentence meaning. It’s an engaging, no-prep resource that supports both language development and close reading skills in classroom or homeschool environments.

This worksheet is part of our For vs. Since worksheets collection.