5th and 6th Grade Reading Resources : Page 4

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Read interesting nonfiction texts about natural disasters and practice identifying causes and effects.

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.

Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts ab

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

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

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

Improve your child's reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children's story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

Get in the spooky spirit of Halloween with our vocab-packed copy of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

Ever wonder why we hunt for Easter eggs? Discover how this spring holiday was started with this interesting look at the history of Easter.

Shake up your science studies with this worksheet about earthquakes.