5th Grade Reading Passages Worksheets : Page 3

Shake up your science studies with this worksheet about earthquakes.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Annie Oakley was the superstar of the wild west! Learn more about this Ohio sharpshooter with this worksheet on famous women in history.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn more about the swirling, whirling science behind tornadoes with this wild worksheet.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

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

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

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

Ever wonder how the whole zombie craze got started? Read about the history of zombies in this awesome reading comprehension packet.

Learners will discover what heat waves are, and how they are connected to global warming, in this two-page earth sciences worksheet.

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

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.

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.

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.

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

In this nonfiction biography, learn how Nikola Tesla invented key technologies that are still used today.

Children learn about three songs that inspired and gave hope to the people who fled slavery via the Underground Railroad, then answer questions about what they have learned.

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

Compare and contrast your traits with the character traits of other people.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

This ELA-focused choice board is perfect for supporting independence and encouraging students to practice their reading skills, build reading fluency, and boost reading comprehension.

Learn all about hurricanes in this earth science Q&A.