Fifth Grade Ela Reading Non Fiction Worksheets

Whether you love the great outdoors or are preparing for the zompocalpyse, this round-up of survival skills will help kids be prepared for any disaster!

Sink your teeth into this fun reading and writing activity, and learn all about vampires! Your child will read some history behind these Halloween villains.

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point of view.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to use information from multiple sources about coral reefs.

Meet Rosie the Riveter, a famous icon from the era of WWII. She is an important symbol that eventually came to represent the power of women.

Do you believe in the Bermuda Triangle? Compare witness accounts of these weird waters and draw your own conclusions in this reading worksheet.

This Frankenstein worksheet is great for teaching kids about classic literature near Halloween. Use this Frankenstein worksheet with your child this October.

Frantic flamingos frequently flounder! Fill in the blanks of this alliteration worksheet to make a funny story, featuring the letter "F".

Students will share Ibn Battuta's adventures with this fun reading comprehension and writing worksheet.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legends! Thelonius Monk was the first name in the modern jazz movement.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Young historians will practice writing essays and get a great reading comprehension workout with this worksheet about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He.

Using paired passages on soil and decomposers, students will compare and contrast information.

Poor Odysseus was just trying to get home when he ran into the Cyclops monster. Find all about it in this epic Greek myth!

Dr. McSquare is here to help kids learn the scientific method. His reports are all in disarray--can your child sort label each part with the correct step?

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

Introduce your budding musician to an African-American jazz legend, Charles Mingus! She'll read his mini-bio and answer a few trivia questions.

Get ready for a ghostly reading activity! Here's a Halloween sheet that will teach your child all about ghosts and the history behind these spooks.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

Learn all about wildfires, a natural phenomenon looked upon with awe and caution.

Learn all about Kwanzaa history, then engage in some short writing exercises, with this Kwanzaa history worksheet.