5th Grade Reading Comprehension: The Wind Turbine Project
Read an original passage about a student engineering project, then answer questions using text evidence.
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- Grade
- 5th Grade
- Subject
- Reading
- Skill
- Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- passage comprehension and inference
- Difficulty
- Standard
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Pages
- 2 (incl. answer key)
- Format
- Printable PDF (US Letter)
- Answer key
- Included
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Worksheet details
What This Worksheet Practices
Students will answer literal and inferential questions about an original informational narrative, citing text evidence.
- Finding key details in an informational narrative
- Making inferences supported by the text
- Identifying the main idea
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Reading like an investigator
Informational narratives ask readers to follow a process and figure out why things happened. This passage tracks an engineering test — two designs, a result, and a redesign — and the strongest questions ask students to infer causes (why the heavy blades failed) and support them with the text.
How to use it
Require text evidence for every answer, including inferences. For “why did the heavy blades barely move?”, the support is the sentence about needing far more wind than a fan could provide. Have students underline the supporting line before writing. Builds on 4th grade reading comprehension.
👩🏫 Teacher note
Push for text evidence on the inference questions. 'Why did the heavy blades barely move?' is answered by the line about needing far more wind.
🏠 Parent note
Have your child point to the sentence that supports each answer, especially the 'why' questions.
Common Mistakes to Watch For
- Answering from background knowledge instead of the passage
- Stating an inference without text support
Answer Key
Sample answers are provided; wording may vary but should be grounded in the passage.
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