Study Guide
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Explains the three kinds of comprehension questions (literal, inferential and evaluative) and the strategies good readers use before,…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 20 min
Free 5th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets
4 free reading comprehension resources for 5th Grade: 3 worksheets, 1 study guide. Answers included.
Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. 5th grade brings fractions with different denominators, decimals, factors and multiples, written multiplication and division, and problem solving across several steps.
Students will practice: understanding literal, inferential and evaluative questions; finding evidence in a text to support an answer; making inferences from clues in the text; using before, during and after reading strategies; locating facts and quotes in a news article; inferring meaning from quoted speech; identifying the purpose of details in a report; summarizing a text in a few sentences.
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Study Guides
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
Comprehension Exercises
A passage with questions.
- Comprehension Exercise
Students Give Creek a Second Chance — Reading Comprehension
A news-style article about an elementary school environment club cleaning up a local creek. Students locate facts and quotes, infer what…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Big Bend National Park — Reading Comprehension
An information text about Big Bend National Park in West Texas, where the Rio Grande forms the border with Mexico and desert, mountains…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Storm Over the Pecan Trees — Poetry Comprehension
An original poem about a hot Texas summer afternoon that breaks into a thunderstorm and then clears. Students track how the weather and…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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Common questions
What do 5th Grade students learn about reading comprehension?
Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. At 5th Grade, our resources focus on: understanding literal, inferential and evaluative questions; finding evidence in a text to support an answer; making inferences from clues in the text; using before, during and after reading strategies.
Where should we start?
Read the study guide first, then start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet. Finish with the topic test.
Are answers included?
Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.
How to use these resources
- Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
- Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
- Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
- Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.
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