5th grade Reading Nonfiction Printable Worksheets

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

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Use this graphic organizer to help students identify and record the main idea and details of a text.

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

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

Why do zombies love brains? Find out with this collection of fun facts and a colorful diagram of the brain.

Use this resource to record cause and effect relationships found in a nonfiction text.

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

Is your child baffled by the scientific method? Dr. McSquare is here to help! Learn the steps by helping the doctor organize his lab reports.

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

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

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

Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts about ea

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

Your little reader is sure to enjoy this selection from the children's classic, "The Secret Garden." She'll build her vocabulary and reading skills.

Shake up your science studies with this worksheet about earthquakes.

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

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

Help students match information about text features together in this review worksheet!

Use this chocolate-themed exercise to introduce your students to close reading with annotations.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

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.

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.

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.

The Philadelphia Campaign was a year of battles with the Americans at Valley Forge. Students will hone reading skills and learn about the American Revolution.