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Reading Passages, Questions & Answers - Fifth Grade
Below you’ll find 5th grade reading comprehension passages along with questions and answers and vocabulary activities. These printable 5th grade practice activities are helpful for struggling readers or students who just need extra comprehension practice!
Confucius was a famous teacher, politician, and philosopher who lived in China over 2,600 years ago. During his lifetime, he planted the seeds for China’s transformation by teaching thousands of people, including those without money or power. Today, he is considered to be one of the world’s greatest teachers. Historians…
Little Women is about the March sisters who are growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage, Mrs. March has left the girls at home with their servant, Hannah, in order to nurse Mr. March who is ill in Washington, D.C. The girls have tried to work hard…
During the early 1960s, there was an important group of American women pilots who dreamed of becoming astronauts. These women were known as the Mercury 13. Though their dreams were never realized, they blazed a trail for future female astronauts. The early 1960s was a key period in the “Space…
Peter Pan is the story of Wendy, Michael, and John Darling who go away with a magical boy named Peter Pan. Peter can fly, and he teaches the children to fly also. They take off to go to Peter’s home Neverland. In this passage, they are on their way. …
Peter Pan is the story of a boy who did not want to grow up and his adventures in a magical place called Neverland. Many interesting people live in Neverland including some wicked pirates lead by Captain Hook, Peter’s biggest enemy. In this passage, Hook tells his bo’sun, or ship’s…
Little Women is the story of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth March. They are growing up during the American Civil War. They have become friends with the kind, but lonely, boy named Laurie who lives next door. ——————————————————- Laurie lay luxuriously swinging to and fro in his hammock…
Peter Pan is about a magical flying boy who takes his new friends – Wendy, Michael, and John – to Neverland to have adventures. The children join the Lost Boys in the battles against the evil pirate Captain Hook and his crew. In this text section, Peter is going to…
Lewis Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865. The main character, Alice, has stumbled on to strange world after she follows a mysterious white rabbit. In this passage, Alice shrunk to a very small size and almost drowned. She has met some other creatures who also had a hard…
Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew Cuthbert are getting old, and they have decided to have an orphan boy from a nearby orphanage come live with them and help them on their farm. In this passage, Marilla is telling their neighbor, Mrs. Rachel Lynde, about their decision. ————————————— Marilla was…
Anne Shirley is an orphan who has been sent by mistake to like with Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew. The Cuthberts wanted a boy orphan to help Matthew on the farm. Instead, they got Anne, a girl. Anne loves the Cuthberts’ farm but knows that they are planning to…
