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Costumes and Photographs – Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This costumes and photographs reading comprehension worksheet gives 5th graders a two-page passage on how costumes help photos tell stories, four multiple-choice questions, and a written response. An answer key is included.

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Description

Strong readers learn to pull facts, reasons, and big ideas out of a longer text, and a fun subject makes that practice easier to stick with. This costumes and photographs reading comprehension worksheet gives fifth graders a two-page informational passage that explains how people have used costumes, props, and backdrops to make photos tell a story, from the slow cameras of long ago to the photo studios of today.

About This Worksheet

Students read a 758-word nonfiction passage about dressing up for the camera. The text explains why early studios kept trunks of borrowed clothes, how a costume and a prop can tell a story without words, how a silly hat helps a nervous person relax, why color and a gray backdrop matter, how shiny costumes cause glare, and why museums and theater groups take costume photos. Students then answer four multiple-choice questions and write a two-part constructed response using details from the text. Have students read both passage pages first, then complete the questions page on their own or with a partner.

What’s Included

  • A two-page informational reading passage with a full-color hero illustration
  • Four multiple-choice questions on vocabulary in context, stated reasons, cause and effect, and central idea
  • One constructed-response question with writing lines
  • A complete answer key with a sample written response

Why This Worksheet Helps Kids

First, the passage is long enough to build real reading stamina at a fifth-grade level, with Tier-2 words defined right in the text. Second, the vocabulary item teaches students to find a definition inside the passage instead of guessing. Third, the written response asks students to join two sections of the passage into one clear answer backed by details, a skill they will use on state reading tests.

Ideas for Teachers and Parents

Use this 5th grade reading comprehension worksheet during a unit on informational text, and have students underline each way a costume helps a photo and circle the reason given for it. Bring in a few hats or props and let students plan a costume photo that tells a story. Families can use the costumes and photographs reading comprehension worksheet at home before a holiday, then look through an old photo album together and talk about the stories the outfits tell.

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