5th and 6th Grade English Language Arts Worksheets

Explore the many ways people around the world embrace winter in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Students use sentence-level context clues and their knowledge of vocabulary as they practice using commonly confused word pairs.

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

Give learners a chance to hone their copyediting skills with this one-page grammar worksheet!

Learners will use context clues to determine the correct homophone for each of eight sentences.

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Practice identifying and correcting misspellings in context with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Write your own unique story with silly nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more! 

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

Explore different types of sentences with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Help students hone their language and vocabulary skills with this worksheet in which learners use sentence-level context clues to write the word that correctly completes each sentence.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

In this worksheet, children discover what plastic is, how it is manufactured, as well as its history and about attempts to reduce plastic waste.

Practice identifying and using verbs in the past, present, and future tenses as well as their progressive forms.

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Let your learner try their hand at 15 rhyming riddles with this fun word puzzle worksheet!

The history of Valentine's Day is full of theories about how the holiday began. Read about the history of Valentine's Day with this exercise and activity.

In this worksheet, students will read about Anne Frank, then complete a chart identifying cause and effect.

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt! 

Explore a fascinating period of U.S. history with this informational reading worksheet about the Harlem Renaissance.

Dive into the world of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" with this reading comprehension page.

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

Send a letter to your future self with this back-to-school writing prompt!