📚Reading Standard
5th Grade Reading: Moving Day
Read a story about a girl moving to a new town and answer questions about how she changes, the theme, and what you can infer.
5th Grade 20 min
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5th Grade · Reading & ELA
5th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Before this skill
- Reading grade-level fiction
- Identifying character traits and details
- Reading grade-level nonfiction
- Finding main idea and details
- Reading grade-level passages fluently
Common mistakes to watch for
- Summarizing the plot instead of stating the theme
- Inferring feelings without text support
- Choosing a single fact as the main idea
- Making an inference without text support
- Choosing a detail as the main idea
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5th Grade Reading: The First Airplane (Nonfiction)
Read an informational passage about the Wright brothers' first flight and answer main-idea, detail, and inference questions.
5th Grade 20 min
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5th Grade Reading: The Journey of Sea Turtles (Nonfiction)
Read an informational passage about sea turtles and answer main-idea, inference, and author's-purpose questions.
5th Grade 22 min
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Reading Comprehension: The Recycling Challenge
Read a passage about a class recycling project and answer main-idea and inference questions with text evidence.
5th Grade 20 min
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Reading Comprehension: The Wind Turbine Project
Read an original passage about a student engineering project, then answer questions using text evidence.
5th Grade 20 min
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Suggested Practice Sequence
- 1 5th Grade Reading: Moving Day standard
- 2 5th Grade Reading: The First Airplane (Nonfiction) standard
- 3 5th Grade Reading: The Journey of Sea Turtles (Nonfiction) standard
- 4 Reading Comprehension: The Recycling Challenge standard
- 5 Reading Comprehension: The Wind Turbine Project standard
Frequently Asked Questions
What do 5th Grade students practice with reading comprehension?
Students will analyze how a character changes, determine the theme, and support inferences with text evidence.
Are these worksheets free and printable?
Yes — every worksheet is a free, printable PDF with an answer key. No sign-up required.