5th Grade English Language Arts Worksheets

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

This writing worksheet is a good way for learners to boost vocabulary and spelling, and it's a great tool to prepare for standardized testing.

Get back to the grammar basics with this plural nouns review worksheet for fifth- and sixth-grade learners!

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Set goals for the year ahead with this New Year's resolutions template!

Let your young writer relax by practicing writing notes to friends, journal entries, and even a grocery list!

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

What’s all the buzz about beekeeping? Give students this four-page nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet to find out!

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.