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5th and 6th Grade Common Core Nonfiction Passages Worksheets : Page 3

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Quotes as Evidence #2

Learn all about hurricanes in this earth science Q&A.

Hurricane Science

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Close Reading Checklist

Those tiny bumps on signs are one of the biggest inventions in modern history. Meet Louis Braille, a man who has helped millions of people worldwide.

Louis Braille

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Graphic Organizer Template: Concept Web

Children learn about the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., including key players and events, and how it contributed to the eventual passing of the 19th Amendment.

Women’s Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Sea Turtle Citations: Paraphrasing & Direct Quotes

Learn more about the imposing tsunami with this worksheet about the science of tsunamis.

Tsunami Science

Read this text about the Great Depression with your students as they build comprehension skills.

The Great Depression

In this nonfiction biography, learn how Nikola Tesla invented key technologies that are still used today.

Nikola Tesla: Inventor and Engineer

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Nonfiction Text Features Checklist

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

Comparing and Contrasting in Nonfiction: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Movies and Main Ideas

Students will answer questions about a nonfiction text and find quotes to support their answers.

Quotes as Evidence #3

Children learn about three songs that inspired and gave hope to the people who fled slavery via the Underground Railroad, then answer questions about what they have learned.

Underground Railroad: Songs of Freedom

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Reading Response Log

Learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the groundbreaking first lady known for her humanitarian work and for being the first U.S.delegate to the United Nations in 1942.

Historical Heroes: Eleanor Roosevelt

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Making Comparisons with a Venn Diagram: Bessie Coleman and Mae Jemison

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,

A Misty Copeland Biography

Any kid studying the American Revolution will likely have to memorize this famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!

Paul Revere's Ride

Get swept up in this comprehensive worksheet about the awesome power of dust storms.

Dust Storms

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Making Inferences: Courageous Leaders Part 2

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

Weather Effects

Young readers will enjoy this passage from Jack London's "All Gold Canyon." They'll complete some vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises too.

Reading Comprehension: All Gold Canyon

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

The Star, Mae Jemison

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts: We Need Clean Water

Learn about a mysterious sea creature as you pick out important information for a nonfiction summary.

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: The Mysterious Squid

This passage sheds light to the powerful women's workforce in World War 2. After reading the passage, students will use their critical thinking stills to answer comprehension questions.

Analyzing a Passage About Rosie the Riveter

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