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5th Grade Reading Activities

42 resources

5th Grade Reading Activities

42 resources

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Activity5th GradeWants Needs Reading Response Worksheet

Using this Wants Needs Reading Response Worksheet, students readAlexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday to build their understanding of wants and needs.

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Activity5th GradeCharacters Sketch Activity

This characters sketch activity helps 3rd to 5th Grade readers sort story details by words, actions and thoughts, then name a trait with evidence. Answer key included for quick checking.

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Activity5th GradePractice Makes Perfect Fluency Activity

This practice makes perfect fluency activity gives 2nd to 5th grade readers leveled passages, coach cards and a tracker for repeated reading. Answer key included for easy scoring.

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Activity5th GradeFirsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity

This firsthand and secondhand accounts activity has students sort 24 account cards by who is telling the story. Built for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeCompare It Compare and Contrast Activity

This compare and contrast activity has 3rd-5th grade students identify the text structure and main idea of paired texts and compare them on a chart. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeContributions to the Text Activity

Using Contributions to the Text Activity, students explain howthe information contributes to an understanding of the text in which itappears.

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Activity5th GradeThree Amigos Poetry Drama Prose Activity

This three amigos poetry drama prose activity has 3rd to 5th grade students sort short texts by how they are written: poem, play, or prose. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeMaking Inferences Math Operations Activity

This making inferences math operations activity helps 4th and 5th grade students use clue words to choose the right operation and solve word problems. An answer key is included for quick checking.

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Activity5th GradeFinding Story Elements Activity

This finding story elements activity has 3rd to 5th grade partners compare two short stories and sort ten Story Cards as mostly similar or mostly different. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeThinking Maps for Reading Journeys Activity

Using these Thinking Maps for Reading Journeys Activity, students map out the important details in a text to show their thinking while building reading comprehension.

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Activity5th GradeAnimal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity

This animal myth busters author's purpose activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match reason cards to the points they support. An answer key is included, so checking the work is quick and easy.

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Activity5th GradeCharacter Comparison Activity

This character comparison activity gives 4th and 5th Grade readers a story, 18 detail cards and a sort mat for comparing two characters with text evidence. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeBook Vs Movie Compare and Contrast Activity

This book vs movie compare and contrast activity has 3rd to 5th grade partners sort statement cards and compare a story on the page and on screen. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeCompare and Contrast Graphic Organizer Activity

Using this Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer Activity, students organize their ideas using any of the provided graphic organizers in order to compare and contrast the structure of events, ideas, concepts, and information in two or more texts.

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Activity5th GradeNow Presenting! Report on a Topic Activity

This Now Presenting - Report on a Topic Activity is a fun way for students to learn about Summarizing and presentations!

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Activity5th GradeDigging for Information Text Structure Activity

Using Digging for Information Text Structure Activity, students describe the relationship between events, scientific concepts, or procedures in a text.

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Activity5th GradeLook in the Text Activity

Using this Look in the Text Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

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Activity5th GradeWhat Have You Read This Year Activity

This what have you read this year activity helps 2nd-5th grade students track genres, review each book they finish and choose their top three favorite books of the year.

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Activity5th GradeRead It Decoding Words Activity

This read it decoding words activity gives 3rd to 5th Grade readers six tips, 20 self-checking word cards and a progress graph for reading long words. Answer key included.

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Activity5th GradeWhat's the Main Idea Activity

Students match 6 rainforest main idea cards to 18 detail cards in this what's the main idea activity for 3rd to 5th Grade, with a recording sheet, practice page and answer key included.