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5th Grade Reading Activities

42 resources

5th Grade Reading Activities

42 resources

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Activity5th GradeIdentifying Theme Activity

This identifying theme activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students match short stories to their themes and back them up with text details. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeDetermining Theme Activity

Students read 12 short fable cards in this determining theme activity for 3rd to 5th Grade, match each to a theme, and cite a detail. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeInference Chains Activity

This inference chains activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match each inference to two supporting clues and build paper chains. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeIn Your Own Words Paraphrase Activity

This in your own words paraphrase activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match texts to paraphrase cards and write their own. A practice page and an answer key are included.

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Activity5th GradeProofreading Capitalization and Punctuation Activity

This proofreading capitalization and punctuation activity gives 2nd to 5th grade students 16 self-checking detective cards for fixing sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.

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Activity5th GradeComparing Themes of Two Stories Activity

This comparing themes of two stories activity for 3rd-5th grade turns story pairs into a fun matching game, with a graphic organizer, practice page, and answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeGreek Mythology Activity

This greek mythology activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students match characters, words and meanings to learn words that come from old Greek stories. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeClass Critics Summarizing Activity

This class critics summarizing activity gives 3rd to 5th grade students seven organizers to summarize books, videos, and articles. Answer key included for the model and practice.

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Activity5th GradeVocabulary Jeopardy Activity

Using Vocabulary Jeopardy Activity, students determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text to build their use of vocabulary.

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Activity5th GradeIdentifying Literary Elements Activity

This identifying literary elements activity has students sort 16 element cards into poem, drama, and prose. Made for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeDetermining Theme Graphic Organizers Activity

This determining theme graphic organizers activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students find the lesson in a story, a play and a poem, then practice with fables. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeAre You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader Activity

This Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader Activity is a fun way for students to review key concepts in Math, Reading, Science, and Social Studies!

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Activity5th GradeHurricanes Reading Comprehension Activity

This hurricanes reading comprehension activity has 3rd to 5th grade students read a passage, match vocabulary cards and answer text-based questions. An answer key is included.

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Activity5th GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

In this reasons and evidence activity, 3rd to 5th grade students sort sports cards to match each point with its reasons and evidence. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeOrganize Your Thinking Informational Text Activity

This organize your thinking informational text activity helps students take clear notes on nonfiction. Made for 3rd to 5th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeHelp From Other Author's Activity

Using this Help From Other Author's Activity helps, students collect story elements from literary or informational texts to write their own story.

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Activity5th GradeBlank BINGO Board

Play a blank bingo board activity with any skill you teach. Preschool to 5th grade students fill in the boards, listen for each answer, and cover five in a row to win.

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Activity5th GradeNonfiction Fishin' Activity

This nonfiction fishin' activity gives 3rd-5th Grade readers six graphic organizers for different kinds of nonfiction text, a model article and practice, with an answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeUse the Text to Make Inferences Activity

In this use the text to make inferences activity, 1st to 5th grade students read short clue stories, infer the place, and name the text clues. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeEvidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity

Using this Evidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity, students try to earn a gold medal during Evidence Olympics by reading a passage and finding evidence to support an author's point.