5th Grade Reading Resources : Page 8

Empress Wu Zetian ruled China when the western world was in the Dark Ages. This 2nd grade worksheet that balances history with reading comprehension skills.

Students will use content-specific vocabulary in context as they learn about the Revolutionary War.

Embark on an adventure through the woods with the Mole, in this excerpt from Kenneth Grahame's charming book, The Wind in the Willows.

Young historians will love learning facts about the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericson while practicing their reading comprehension and writing skills.

This worksheet introduces fifth graders to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Using paired passages on soil and decomposers, students will compare and contrast information.

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.

Learn more about molecules and how they comprise the air all around us in this intro-to-earth-science worksheet.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

If your child needs help understanding big ideas and concepts, have her tackle this helpful reading comprehension worksheet.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

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

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

During this activity, students will match parts of a story to one of four elements.

The Underground Railroad aided thousands of enslaved Americans on the road to freedom. Students will learn about the leaders of this movement.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Review Civil War key terms and people with this history sheet. Your child will decide which terms describe the Confederacy and which describe the Union.