5th - 7th Grade Reading Resources : Page 5

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

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

Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

Students will use an adjective word bank to help them identify statements of fact and opinion.

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

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.

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

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

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

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

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

This worksheet gives your students practice reading and analyzing informational text to explain the author’s claim and supporting reasons.

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.

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

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.

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.