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5th and 6th Grade Common Core Reading Comprehension Worksheets : Page 3

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Reading for Fluency: The Jungle Book

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Local Government

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s Wonder.

Novel Study: Wonder: Discussion Guide #1

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

Can You Spot the Main Idea?

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Althea Gibson

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Identifying Fact and Opinion

Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.

Reading for Fluency: Through the Looking-Glass

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Simple Fiction Summary

Your students will need to read between the lines as they make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

Pronouns & Point of View

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the birth of jazz music, and the history of African-Americans in pop music.

History of Jazz

Introduce students to the concept of using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Quotes as Evidence #1

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

The Aspirations of Sonia Sotomayor 

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Answering Questions About Wild, Wild Weather

Before reading Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story&#39;s setting!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Pre-Reading Activity

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s The One and Only Ivan.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech&rsquo;s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Cause and Effect in Walk Two Moons

Children put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test with this simple quiz!

Amendments Quiz

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one&#39;s own flaws.

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From “Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess”

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Making Inferences Graphic Organizer

Learn all about The Mayflower, the famous ship the Pilgrims made their great journey in.

The Mayflower

Compare and contrast your traits with the character traits of other people.

Comparing My Character Traits

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

Colonial America: Jamestown

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

Compare the Fairy Tales

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

After-Reading Response Choice Board: Informational Text

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1&ndash;38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

I Can Write About Main Idea & Details!

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Biography of Dorothea Dix

Children learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States, in this Finding the Main Idea worksheet.

Finding the Main Idea: Madam C.J. Walker

Read about the parts of a plot diagram, then fill out the details of a story that you have recently read in the diagram.

Diagramming the Plot of a Story

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