5th Grade 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.
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- Grade
- 5th Grade
- Subject
- Reading
- Skill
- Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- theme, character change, and inference
- Difficulty
- Standard
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Pages
- 2 (incl. answer key)
- Format
- Printable PDF (US Letter)
- Answer key
- Included
- Best for
- homework, review, test prep, centers
Worksheet details
What This Worksheet Practices
Students will analyze how a character changes, determine the theme, and support inferences with text evidence.
- Tracking how a character changes
- Determining the theme
- Supporting inferences with evidence
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Tracking a character’s change
By fifth grade, readers analyze how a character changes and what lesson (theme) the change reveals. Maya moves from “nothing good could come of it” to “glad she said yes” — a shift readers track with text evidence.
How to use it
Have students mark how Maya feels at the start versus the end, and remember that theme is the lesson, not the plot. Builds on The Big Tryout.
👩🏫 Teacher note
Have students note how Maya feels at the start versus the end. Theme is the lesson (give new things a chance), not the plot.
🏠 Parent note
Ask 'How did Maya feel at the beginning and at the end? What changed her mind?'
Common Mistakes to Watch For
- Summarizing the plot instead of stating the theme
- Inferring feelings without text support
Answer Key
Sample answers are provided; wording may vary but should be grounded in the text.
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