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FREE Grade 5 Reading and Writing Worksheets

We have 5 sets of free grade five reading and writing worksheets for free download below. These are full sets of resources to help grade 5 students (or other grades depending on reading levels) to practice some of the common core literacy skills needed at this grade. They come with tasks and activities included.

We have five sets of grade five reading and writing worksheets here . the titles are listed below. You can click on the Title to jump to the relevant worksheet set.


	Reading comprehension Error correction Writing tasks Vocabulary building
	Reading practice and comprehension Adverbs and adjectives Guided and free writing Vocabulary building
	Guided Writing Free Writing Reading Comprehension Higher order skills
	Higher reading skills Writing tasks Vocabulary building Inferencing skills
	Reading comprehension Writing both free and guided Vocabulary building Sentence construction practice.

Grade 5 Reading and Writing: A Haunted House

It then asks students to brainstorm and discuss with their classmates and teacher to come up with the outline of their own haunted house story. Once completed they can try to write their own short story on the worksheet included. This can be used as both a process writing or free writing exercise.

As well as adjectives, Adverbs should be being introduced in Grade 5 and 6 . There is a sentence construction exercise included that asks students to write a sentence but include an adverb in each one.

Grade 5 Reading and Writing: The Stupid Crocodile

Where other grade 5 reading and writing worksheets in our collection have a strong focus on the writing aspects, we have made this set a little simpler. We do have a guided writing exercise but it is heavily scaffolded with example texts and keywords included.

We finish the set with one last guided reading exercise ( just 100 words) with some tips and ideas above to help. One idea, if your class is of a level is to make each student a teacher and give them each others work to mark and correct. however, for this exercise we would encourage students to leave out their names to avoid embarrassment. You can use a numbering system if you wanted to .

Grade 5 Writing: A Letter of Complaint

We then include a page of guided writing, it asked grade 5 students to write one of the letters of complaint within the short story and includes key words to help them . This is a scaffolded activity if your students need it, as the next writing exercise is a free writing tasks.

Grade 5 Reading and Writing: The Lizard and Sparrow

This set of grade 5 reading and writing worksheets is another spin on a famous Aesop fable called the grasshopper and the ant. If your fifth graders are of a higher reading level you could also include the real story in the lesson and we have included some options for writing with different pairs of animals to show you how that could be implemented as well.

We also ask students to think a little about the grammar involved in the story with a quick adjective exercise and an antonym exercise (although we don’t use the grammar term) , you could introduce as the task as opposites)

However if this is too much for your students, or you don’t like the idea, the words at the top can be used just as a suggestion and they can use the writing exercise to write their own version using the two previous versions as a template or as guidance.

Grade 5 Reading and Writing: Mid Autumn Festival

Then these grade 5 writing worksheets asks students to read a short passage about a family activity on Mid Autumn, and then use that as a guide to write about another family. They have both the guide passage and a word bank to help them. (may be useful if the students have no idea what Mid Autumn festival is! )

Grade 5 Common Core Literacy Skills: Overview

There are websites entirely dedicated to the common core standards for grade 5 , so i don’t want to reinvent the wheel with these, however we have a table below to help with fitting these grade 5 reading and writing worksheets into the common core standards, and a mini description of what they are . We have chosen the most relevant of the common cores literacy standards for grade 5 here,


	all the above	There are comprehension questions throughout the texts, of which some require factual answers, and some address higher order thinking and reading skills.
	Lizard and Sparrow The Stupid Crocodile	Although all can be used to worth out the themes, the two Aesop Fable themed worksheets and readers are designed to allow students to infer additional meaning from them.
	The Complaint letter, The Lizard and the Sparrow and the Stupid crocodile	All of these texts offer the chance to do a character comparisons or discuss how they react to a situation.
	All Above Grade 5 literacy worksheets.	We have explicitly asks students to identify, change and use words. Although we have not touched on metaphor and simile in these.
	A complaint letter	Could be used to write a reply for each complaint from the person its aimed at.

Finally and other resources.

Adverb Worksheets – Grade 5 (With Adjectives)

Reflexive Pronouns Worksheets – Grade 5

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5th Grade English Language Arts Worksheets and Study Guides

The big ideas in Fifth Grade ELA include increasing their vocabulary and their ability to understand and explain words, including those that convey ideas and images, using transitions to connect ideas and comprehension and analysis of nonfiction and informational text.

English Language Arts Worksheets and Study Guides Fifth Grade

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Reading strategies

A. main idea.

1 Use key details to determine the main idea
2 Determine the main idea of a passage
3 Combine main ideas from two texts
1 Determine the themes of short stories

C. Author's purpose and tone

1 Identify the purpose of a text
2 Which sentence is more formal?

D. Author's perspective

1 Compare and contrast points of view
2 Compare information from two texts

E. Text structure

1 Determine the order of events in informational texts
2 Compare and contrast in informational texts
3 Match causes and effects in informational texts
4 Match problems with their solutions
5 Identify text structures

F. Sensory details

1 Sort sensory details
2 Identify sensory details

G. Literary devices

1 Identify similes and metaphors
2 Similes and metaphors with pictures
3 Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
4 Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
5 Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

H. Inference

1 Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
2 Compare and contrast characters
3 Draw inferences from a text

I. Story elements

1 Identify the narrative point of view
2 Identify story elements

J. Visual elements

1 Compare mythological illustrations
2 Read graphic organizers

K. Text features

1 Select and use text features

L. Poetry elements

1 Label the rhyme scheme
2 Identify elements of poetry

M. Literary texts: level 1

1 Read fantasy with illustrations
2 Read realistic fiction with illustrations
3 Read historical fiction with illustrations

N. Literary texts: level 2

1 Read realistic fiction
2 Read historical fiction
3 Read poetry
4 Read drama

O. Informational texts: level 1

1 Read about animals
2 Read about art, music, and traditions
3 Read about famous places
4 Read about sports and hobbies

P. Informational texts: level 2

1 Read about famous people
2 Read about business and technology
3 Read about science and nature
4 Read about history

Writing strategies

Q. organizing writing.

1 Put the sentences in order
2 Use coordinating conjunctions
3 Choose the best transition
4 Order items from most general to most specific
5 Organize information by topic
6 Remove the sentence that does not belong

R. Introductions and conclusions

1 Choose the best topic sentence
2 Choose the best concluding sentence

S. Summarizing

1 Summarize a story

T. Developing and supporting arguments

1 Distinguish facts from opinions
2 Identify an author's statement of opinion
3 Choose reasons to support an opinion
4 Identify supporting details in literary texts
5 Identify supporting details in informational texts

U. Descriptive details

1 Show character emotions and traits
2 Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
3 Add imagery to stories

V. Sentence variety

1 Create varied sentences based on models

W. Editing and revising

1 Use the correct frequently confused word
2 Correct errors with frequently confused words
3 Correct errors with signs

X. Research skills

1 Identify and correct plagiarism

Y. Prefixes and suffixes

1 Words with pre-
2 Words with re-
3 Words with sub-
4 Words with mis-
5 Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
6 Words with -ful
7 Words with -less
8 Words with -able and -ible
9 Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning
10 Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech
11 Word pattern analogies
12 Word pattern sentences

Z. Greek and Latin roots

1 Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
2 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
3 Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
4 Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
5 Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
6 Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
7 Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings

AA. Categories

1 Select the members of a group
2 Select the words that don't belong

BB. Synonyms and antonyms

1 Choose the synonym
2 Find synonyms in context
3 Choose the antonym
4 Find antonyms in context

CC. Analogies

1 Analogies

DD. Homophones

1 Homophones with pictures
2 Use the correct homophone

EE. Multiple-meaning words

1 Multiple-meaning words with pictures
2 Which definition matches the sentence?
3 Which sentence matches the definition?

FF. Idioms and adages

1 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1
2 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
3 Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2
4 Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2

GG. Shades of meaning

1 Describe the difference between related words
2 Positive and negative connotation

HH. Context clues

1 Find words using context
2 Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
3 Use context to identify the meaning of a word
4 Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
5 Use academic vocabulary in context

II. Reference skills

1 Order alphabetically based on the first two letters
2 Order alphabetically based on the first three letters
3 Order alphabetically: challenge
4 Use guide words
5 Use dictionary entries
6 Use dictionary definitions
7 Use thesaurus entries

Grammar and mechanics

Jj. sentences, fragments, and run-ons.

1 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
2 Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
3 Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
4 Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
5 Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
6 Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
7 Identify dependent and independent clauses
8 Is the sentence simple or compound?
9 Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?
10 Create compound sentences
11 Order the words to create a sentence
1 Identify nouns – with abstract nouns
2 Identify common and proper nouns
3 Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
4 Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y
5 Form plurals: review
6 Form and use plurals: review
7 Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
8 Form the singular or plural possessive
9 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

LL. Pronouns

1 Identify personal pronouns
2 Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
3 Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
4 Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
5 Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns
6 Use possessive pronouns
7 Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
8 Use reflexive pronouns
9 Identify relative pronouns
10 Use relative pronouns: who and whom
11 Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

MM. Verb types

1 Identify main verbs and helping verbs
2 What does the modal verb show?
3 Use the correct modal verb

NN. Subject-verb agreement

1 Use the correct subject or verb
2 Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

OO. Verb tense

1 Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?
2 Form and use the regular past tense
3 Form and use the irregular past tense
4 Form and use the simple past, present, and future tense
5 Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
6 Use the progressive verb tenses
7 Form the progressive verb tenses
8 Choose between the past tense and past participle
9 Use the perfect verb tenses
10 Form the perfect verb tenses

PP. Adjectives and adverbs

1 Identify adjectives
2 Order adjectives
3 Identify adverbs
4 Use relative adverbs
5 Choose between adjectives and adverbs
6 Is the word an adjective or adverb?
7 Use adjectives to compare
8 Spell adjectives that compare
9 Use adjectives with more and most
10 Use adverbs to compare

QQ. Prepositions

1 Identify prepositions
2 Identify prepositions and their objects
3 Identify prepositional phrases
4 Prepositions: review

RR. Conjunctions

1 Identify coordinating conjunctions
2 Identify subordinating conjunctions
3 Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
4 Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

SS. Contractions

1 Pronoun-verb contractions
2 Contractions with "not"
1 Commas with a series
2 Commas with dates and places
3 Commas with direct addresses
4 Commas with introductory elements
5 Commas with compound and complex sentences
6 Commas: review

UU. Capitalization

1 Correct capitalization errors
2 Capitalizing titles

VV. Formatting

1 Formatting titles
2 Formatting and capitalizing titles
3 Formatting street addresses
4 Punctuating dialogue

WW. Abbreviations

1 Abbreviate days of the week and months of the year
2 Abbreviate people's titles
3 Abbreviate units of measurement
4 Abbreviate street names and state names

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Active and passive sentences

In this language arts worksheet, your child learns about active and passive voice and gets practice rewriting sentences to change them from passive to active and vice versa.

Colons, semicolons, and dashes

In this grammar worksheet, your child learns how to write sentences using a colon, semicolon, or dash.

Compound sentences

Simple sentences can become compound sentences by adding a clause. In this writing worksheet, your child gets practice building and understanding simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Finding key points

In this reading worksheet, your child will read a short informational passage and then underline key points and answer questions about the language and content of the passage.

Following instructions

Can you do this experiment? In this worksheet, your child will read the instructions, put them in order by creating a flow chart, organize the elements of the experiment - and then do the experiment and write a report about it. Bonus: your child will do a little research to compare the experiment results with information from reference books or the internet.

Homophones and homographs

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have a different meaning. Homographs are words that sound the same and are spelled the same but have a different meaning. In this language arts worksheet, your child will fill in the missing homophones to complete pre-written sentences and then write sentences to convey each homograph's alternate meaning.

Homophones: fun with puns

Puns are jokes that rely on homophones for their humor. In this writing worksheet, your child will write homophones for 24 words and then use those words to write puns.

Making metaphors

How many metaphors can you find in this poem? In this language arts worksheet, your child learns to spot metaphors, determine their meaning from context, write them as similes, and decide which metaphors are most effective and why. Bonus: your child gets practice writing poetry using metaphors.

Malapropisms

Can you find the mix-up? Malapropisms are words that are similar in sound and often confused. In this language arts worksheet, your child will identify the malapropism in each sentence and then rewrite each sentence using the correct word.

Poems: opposites

Silly opposites! In this language arts worksheet, your child gets to practice word play and figurative language by writing opposite words that are real - and some that are jokes.

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