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5th Grade Reading Worksheets

Upper elementary readers shift from learning to read to reading to learn. Children read longer chapter books and nonfiction, find the main idea and supporting details, compare characters and points of view, and use prefixes, suffixes and context to work out new words. Grammar, spelling and paragraph writing grow alongside. In fifth grade, children quote accurately from a text, compare how two texts treat the same theme, keep verb tenses consistent and write essays with transitions. Download any of these fifth grade reading worksheets free as a PDF, at easy, medium and hard levels, many with an answer key for grown-ups.

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11 worksheets

Poetry words: fill in the blanks English · 3–5 · Reading · 1 page Medium Free Answer key The lighthouse keeper's map English · 3–5 · Reading · 1 page Hard Free Answer key When the Sahara was green: stretch English · 4–5 · Reading · 2 pages Hard Free Answer key Suffixes that change words: words and meanings English · Grade 5 · Worksheet · 1 page Easy Free Answer key Text structures word search English · Grade 5 · Puzzle · 1 page Easy Free Answer key The bell that would not ring: warm-up English · Grade 5 · Reading · 2 pages Easy Free Answer key Figurative language comic strip: 4 panels English · Grade 5 · Worksheet · 1 page Medium Free Genres: fables to mysteries word scramble English · Grade 5 · Puzzle · 1 page Medium Free Answer key Greek and Latin roots crossword English · Grade 5 · Puzzle · 1 page Medium Free Answer key Context clues comic strip: 6 panels English · Grade 5 · Worksheet · 1 page Hard Free The water bear: tiny but tough: stretch English · Grade 5 · Reading · 2 pages Hard Free Answer key

5th grade reading games to play online

5th Grade Reading Games
  • 30 free levels

    Logic & Puzzles

    Find Olly

    Olly is hiding! Spot him with clues about where things are.

    PS–8 72 levels · 3 tracks
  • 90 free levels

    English

    Memory Lanterns

    Flip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.

    PS–8 216 levels · 9 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    English

    Sentence Theatre

    Your words direct the show: change a word and the stage changes too.

    1–5 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    English

    Missing Chapter

    A page has gone missing. Use the clues to put the right one back.

    2–5 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    English

    Vocabulary Quest

    Crack new words with the clues hiding in each sentence.

    2–6 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    English

    Editor's Desk

    Grab the red pen: find every mistake, then fix it.

    3–8 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • 20 free levels

    English

    Reading Detective

    Read the case file, crack the question, and prove it with evidence.

    3–8 48 levels · 2 tracks
  • 40 free levels

    English

    Word Woods

    Hunt for hidden words on the woodland signboard, and learn a fact with every find.

    K–5 96 levels · 4 tracks

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