5th Grade Reading Resources : Page 17

Use these picture cards to introduce your students to 16 common theme words.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

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

Special effects in movies have been around almost as long as movies themselves. These worksheets introduce kids to the early filmmaker, Georges Méliès.

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Students will learn about the sword maker Muramasa Sengo, read through the eyewitness accounts, and decide who the trustworthy source is!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Inferences About Feelings.

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

Comparing different stories is a great way to help your young reader get started with analyzing texts. She'll compare and contrast two children's favorites.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Citing Inferences.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

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

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

Pick up some fun movie trivia and learn about how special sound effects are made on this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

Learn about the legendary Flying Dutchman, a "ghost ship" said to warn sailors of trouble, and get some practice comparing descriptions of the same topic.

Who’s voice is MISSING from the nonfiction text? Use this exercise with your students to analyze missing perspectives in informational text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Inferences About Feelings.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Learn about movie sound effects with this reading and writing worksheet. Your young movie fan will enjoy learning about the job of sound designers.

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Identifying Character and Setting.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Elections and Conditions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.