5th Grade Worksheets & Activities

Welcome to our 5th grade worksheets. Fifth graders approach an important milestone in their education. Their work advances from elementary-based work to middle school level coursework. In fifth grade, learners become more skilled at reviewing and analyzing details, determining how parts of a reading fit together, comparing and contrasting, and evaluating the author or speaker’s perspective.The world widens!

In addition, learners are challenged to think more about their speaking and listening skills and consider the many facets of presentation. At this stage, learners may be using digital tools more frequently to produce their work and showcase their learning. There is more accountability and emphasis on independence.

Louisa May Alcott: Novelist and Feminist

Writing was a means of escape for Louisa May Alcott. Through her words, she explored and chronicled the world around her. Her most famous novel, Little Women, was inspired by her own family life. A prolific writer and storyteller, she was the author of many novels as well as children’s…

Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised

In Anne of Green Gables, Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew, are getting older. They live on a farm in Canada, and they need some help to work the farm. They have decided to adopt a boy from a local orphanage. Unfortunately, when Matthew goes to the train station to…

Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified

Anne Shirley is a young Canadian orphan girl who has come to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert. Anne is usually a sweet and happy person, but that changes when the Cuthberts’ nosy neighbor Mrs. Lynde comes to visit. As this passage begins, Mrs. Lynde has said some rude things…

The Landing

The Hunting of the Snark is a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll. It was published in 1876. In the poem various characters go hunting an animal called a Snark. Below is the start of the poem. ————————————- “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried, As he landed his…

Artistic Attempts

The four March sisters in Little Women are growing up during the Civil War. Meg is the oldest, followed by Jo, Beth, and then Amy. Amy is the sister who loves art in all forms. In this passage, Amy tries different types of art in order to find the best…

For a Bit of Ribbon

This passage is based on a true story of a collie dog named Lad. Lad lives with his Master and Mistress on a farm called “The Place.” He is well-loved by the Master and Mistress. Master and Mistress have taken Lad to a dog show. They have never been to…

The Story of Fidgety Philip

Let me see if Philip can Be a little gentleman Let me see, if he is able To sit still for once at table: Thus Papa bade Phil behave; And Mamma look’d very grave. But fidgety Phil, He won’t sit still; He wriggles and giggles, And then, I declare Swings…

Anne’s History

In Anne of Green Gables, Marilla Cuthbert and Matthew Cuthbert have sent to a nearby orphanage for a boy to come live with them and help work the farm. In a mixup, Anne Shirley was set instead of a boy. Anne loves the farm, but Marilla is firm she must…

The Toughest Sled Dog Race in the World

The Yukon Quest is a 1,000-mile dog sled race that takes place every February. The race is run between the cities of Fairbanks, Alaska and Whitehorse in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Sled dogs and their mushers, or drivers, race through extreme weather conditions. They also race over mountains and frozen rivers.…

The Jabberwocky

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. ‘Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!’ He took his vorpal sword…