4th and 5th Grade Common Core Reading Resources

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

In this worksheet, students will read about Anne Frank, then complete a chart identifying cause and effect.

As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

This graphic organizer helps your students examine descriptive adjectives and nouns.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Children learn how the internet travels across the ocean through cables to create a giant, global information network in this engaging, hands-on worksheet.

Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.

What’s all the buzz about beekeeping? Give students this four-page nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet to find out!

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by reading about the holiday’s history and imagery!

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

In this worksheet, children learn about the role art plays in the celebration and messaging of Earth Day, which begain in 1970 to heighten awarness of environmental crises around the world.