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.
Peter Pan tells the story of the adventures of the magical boy named Peter Pan who lives in Neverland with his friends and some amazing beings. Peter’s great enemy, however, is the evil pirate Captain Hook. In this passage, Hook and his pirates have captured many of Peter’s friends. Hook…
Like Robin Hood and the Scarlet Pimpernel, Zorro is a man who helps those who are in trouble or are being abused, but he is considered by some to be an outlaw. In this passage, Zorro has come to visit Lolita Pulido at her father’s house, or hacienda, in California.…
Little Women is about the four March sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They grow up during the American Civil War in a happy, if rather poor, family. In this passage, Meg is grown and now married to John Brooke, the former tutor of the girls’ next door neighbor. They…
It was time; it was time! When the box started moving they knew it must be Christmas, finally! Suddenly, glorious light filled the box as it was opened, and all the ceramic figures blinked after so many months in darkness. A gentle hand carefully removed each figure and miniature piece…
Jupiter and his Mighty Folk had not always dwelt amid the clouds on the mountain top. In times long past, a wonderful family called Titans had lived there and had ruled over all the world. There were twelve of them-six brothers and six sisters-and they said that their father was…
Ahn vigorously scrubbed windows, a tedious necessity for her family’s new Vietnamese restaurant. They had turned the building from homely to gorgeous, but everything had to be absolutely perfect: unique decorations, skillful employees, and fabulous traditional food. Then customers would adore the place, making the business a success. Ahn shifted…
In the book Peter Pan, the English children Wendy, Michael, and John have gone with Peter, an amazing boy who can fly, to his magical world called Neverland. Below is a description of the lagoon in Neverland where the mermaids live. ————————————- The children often spent long summer days on…
Anne of Green Gables is about a young orphan girl, Anne Shirley, who is adopted by the aging siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. In this passage, Matthew has gone to the train station to pick up the orphan, except Matthew is expecting a boy, not a girl. —————————- She had…
The four March sisters in Little Women are growing up. The eldest, Meg, has feelings for Mr. Brooke, the tutor who works next door for the Laurence family. However, she’s not ready to announce these feelings, so when Mr. Brooke declares his love, she tells him she is not interested.…
It was late autumn when the trees shed their multi-colored leaves, creating a jeweled patchwork carpet on the forest floor. All the plants had finished producing their flowers and fruits, and most of the woodland creatures had smartly stashed their food and nuts away for the impending winter. The forest…
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