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5th Grade Nonfiction Passages Resources : Page 2

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

Close Reading Checklist

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

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Two Truths and One Lie: Sonia Sotomayor

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

Shake up your science studies with this worksheet about earthquakes.

Earthquake Science

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

History of Television

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

Hurricane Science

This ELA-focused choice board is perfect for supporting independence and encouraging students to practice their reading skills, build reading fluency, and boost reading comprehension.

Get Reading! Choice Board

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

Transition Words for Comparing & Contrasting

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

Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence

Use this handy genre guide to teach students about 14 different genres!

Genre Guide & Reading Challenge

Learn more about the swirling, whirling science behind tornadoes with this wild worksheet.

Tornado Science

This nonfiction text about soccer will help students to practice finding evidence to support the author&#39;s point.

Soccer: Nonfiction Text

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

Nikola Tesla: Inventor and Engineer

Travel the major cities of the world without leaving home! Children can use the text provided, along with their own creativity, to create travel brochures for cities like Paris, Tokyo, and Oslo.

Take a Tour of World Cities

Students will use an adjective word bank to help them identify statements of fact and opinion.

Fact & Opinion Adjectives

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point of view.

Basketball: Nonfiction Text

Use this graphic organizer to support learners&#39; understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Graphic Organizer: Cause & Effect

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Inferences & Evidence

Comparing and contrasting nonfiction stories is an important skill for fourth and fifth graders. This worksheet gives kids plenty of chance to practice.

Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Stories: Extinct Birds

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

Sea Turtle Citations: Paraphrasing & Direct Quotes

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

Video Games: Nonfiction Text

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

Reading Response Log

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

Amerigo Vespucci

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

Quotes as Evidence #3

Young readers will love digging into this passage&#39;s cool violin facts, and they&#39;ll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Violin Facts

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

Quotes as Evidence #2

Children learn about the history and legacy of Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-black towns formed after the passage of the 13th Amendment.

African American Communities: Eatonville, Florida

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: The Mimic Octopus

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