Korean New Year Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Korean New Year Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives fifth graders a full-length nonfiction passage about Seollal, the lunar new year that Korean families celebrate in late January or early February. The text explains why the holiday follows the moon instead of the sun, why the roads and trains fill up in the days beforehand, and what actually happens once everyone arrives: the hanbok, the deep sebae bow, the silk pouch of new year money, the bowl of tteokguk, and a long afternoon of yut nori. Students read the whole story and then answer questions that ask them to state the main idea, pull a specific detail, trace a cause and its effect, and apply what they read to a new situation.

The passage runs across two pages so that reading stamina is part of the practice, not an afterthought. It is written on grade level and measured against fifth grade readability targets, and every unfamiliar term is defined in the sentence that introduces it, which is exactly the vocabulary move state assessments test. The questions page follows with four four-option multiple choice items and one written response that asks for a likeness and a difference with textual support. A complete answer key with sample responses is the final page, so grading takes a minute. Printed as one file, this Korean New Year Reading Comprehension Worksheet is four pages: two of passage, one of questions, and the key.

What’s Included

• A two-page nonfiction passage about the Korean New Year holiday, written for fifth grade
• An illustrated hero scene of a family celebrating Seollal together
• Four multiple choice questions covering main idea, detail, cause and effect, and application
• One written response asking students to compare Seollal with the January new year
• A complete answer key with sample written responses

Three Reasons This Helps Kids

• Nonfiction stamina. A two-page text asks a reader to hold information across pages, which is the demand a reading test actually makes.
• Evidence habits. Every question can be answered from the passage, so students learn to go back and look instead of guessing.
• A wider world. Reading about how another country marks the turn of the year builds background knowledge that pays off in every later text.

Teacher and Parent Ideas

• Read the first page aloud together, then let students finish page two independently.
• Have students underline the sentence that answers each multiple choice question before they fill in a bubble.
• Turn the written response into a short class discussion about family traditions, then have students write.
• Use this 5th grade reading comprehension worksheet as a quick assessment before a longer unit on informational text.
• Pair it with a map so students can find Korea before they read.

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