Get the wide-ruled paper for 5th grade

A 5th grader needs wide-ruled paper, not college-ruled. Wide-ruled has more space between the lines — about 8.7mm compared to college’s 7.1mm — and that little extra room matters when kids are still writing big and learning to keep letters neat.

The names come from who usually uses them. Wide-ruled is standard for elementary and middle school. College-ruled is for high school and beyond, when handwriting has shrunk and