5th and 6th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Explore the many ways people around the world embrace winter in this reading comprehension worksheet!

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

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

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

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

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

In this worksheet, children discover what plastic is, how it is manufactured, as well as its history and about attempts to reduce plastic waste.

Dive into the world of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" with this reading comprehension page.

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

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!

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

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

Explore a fascinating period of U.S. history with this informational reading worksheet about the Harlem Renaissance.

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

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

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

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.

Learn all about The Mayflower, the famous ship the Pilgrims made their great journey in.

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

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.

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

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this middle school worksheet!

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

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

Kids learn about the Earth's solid and atmospheric layers, then label the diagram with the correct terms in this fifth grade Earth science worksheet.