5th and 6th Grade Reading Resources : Page 3

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

Meet the curious mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi in this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet adapted from the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.