5th Grade Reading Resources : Page 12

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African American jazz legends! Here’s a page on Thelonious Monk, the first name in the modern jazz movement.

Help students ask and answer questions as they gather information from other students.

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

Help your young reader learn to identify themes with the Panchatantra story "The Broken Pot" a classic fable from India that has a moral lesson.

Paraphrasing is an important writing skill. With this worksheet, your student will learn some history as he practices paraphrasing.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Get ready for the back to school season with a printable to-do list full of fall colors, a great start to an organized school year!

In this activity, your child will get the chance to adapt a favorite book for the stage or screen.

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Revolutionary War Vocabulary.

While the Americans lost the Battle of Guilford Court House, the aftermath led to the American victory at Yorktown. Learn more with this history worksheet.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool jellyfish facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Young historians will practice writing essays and get a great reading comprehension workout with this worksheet about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

Do you and your kid know when and how movie theater candy came into existence? Read about concessions that date back to the beginning of movies.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Common Theme Words.

Students will use sentence frames to cite quotes from nonfiction texts.

Learn about the Tuskegee Institute, an important site in American History. It was one of the first universities made to help educate African Americans.

Make inferences and draw connections between illustrations and related text.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool starfish facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

What is the purpose of a narwhal tusk? Explore some interesting new findings about the narwhal, also known as the unicorn whale.

Hang out with two seriously challenged love birds, the god Cupid and his human girlfriend Psyche.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Young readers will pick a book and join a band of pirates as they guide them to find hidden treasure through the secrets of inference.

Invite your students to create a travel brochure about Mexico City and pull key facts from the informational text provided.

With a movie word search and fascinating info about early films, this set of reading and writing worksheets is sure to entertain your budding movie-lover!