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Grade 5 ELA Worksheets

Free printable and interactive Grade 5 reading, writing and grammar worksheets aligned to Common Core. 239 worksheets so far. Every worksheet has an answer key and can be completed online with instant feedback.

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Grade 5 ELA topics & skills

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Reading: Literature

RL.5.1

Quote accurately from a text to explain what it says directly and to support inferences drawn from it.

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The Fix-It Table: A Short Play
Reading: Literature · RL.5.1
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The Piano with a Cold
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Counting Chickadees
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RL.5.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem, including how characters respond to challenges or how a speaker reflects on a topic, and summarize the text.

RL.5.3

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, using specific details such as how characters interact.

RL.5.4

Work out the meaning of words and phrases in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

RL.5.5

Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to give a story, drama, or poem its overall structure.

RL.5.6

Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences the way events are described.

RL.5.7

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements, such as in a graphic novel, add to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.

RL.5.9

Compare and contrast stories in the same genre, such as mysteries and adventure stories, on how they approach similar themes and topics.

RL.5.10

By the end of the year, read and understand stories, dramas, and poems at the high end of the grades 4-5 level, independently.

Reading: Informational Text

RI.5.1

Quote accurately from a text to explain what it says directly and to support inferences drawn from it.

RI.5.2

Determine two or more main ideas of a text, explain how key details support them, and summarize the text.

RI.5.3

Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more people, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text.

RI.5.4

Work out the meaning of general academic and subject-specific words and phrases in a text on a grade 5 topic.

RI.5.5

Compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

RI.5.6

Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the points of view they represent.

RI.5.7

Draw on several print or digital sources to quickly locate an answer to a question or efficiently solve a problem.

RI.5.8

Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points, identifying which evidence supports which point.

RI.5.9

Combine information from several texts on the same topic to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

RI.5.10

By the end of the year, read and understand history, science, and technical texts at the high end of the grades 4-5 level, independently.

Foundational Skills

RF.5.3.a

Use letter-sound knowledge, syllable patterns, and word parts such as roots and affixes to read unfamiliar multisyllable words, in and out of context.

RF.5.4.a

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

RF.5.4.b

Read grade-level prose and poetry aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

RF.5.4.c

Use context to confirm or fix word recognition and understanding, rereading as needed.

Writing

W.5.1.a

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and group ideas logically to support the writer's purpose.

W.5.1.b

Give logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.

W.5.1.c

Link an opinion and its reasons with words, phrases, and clauses such as consequently and specifically.

W.5.1.d

Write a concluding statement or section that follows from the opinion presented.

W.5.2.a

Introduce a topic with a general observation and focus, group related information logically, and use headings, illustrations, or multimedia when helpful.

W.5.2.b

Develop a topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

W.5.2.c

Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses such as in contrast and especially.

W.5.2.d

Use precise language and subject-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain a topic.

W.5.2.e

Write a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.

W.5.3.a

Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator or characters, and organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

W.5.3.b

Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop events or show how characters respond to situations.

W.5.3.c

Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.

W.5.3.d

Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

W.5.3.e

Write a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

W.5.4

Produce clear, coherent writing whose development and organization suit the task, purpose, and audience.

W.5.5

With peer and adult help, strengthen writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

W.5.7

Conduct a short research project that uses several sources to build knowledge by investigating different aspects of a topic.

W.5.8

Recall relevant information from experience or gather it from print and digital sources, summarize or paraphrase it in notes and final work, and list sources.

W.5.9.a

Draw evidence from literature to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade 5 reading standards to stories, dramas, and poems.

W.5.9.b

Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade 5 reading standards to them.

W.5.10

Write routinely over longer and shorter time frames for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Language

L.5.1.a

Explain what conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections do in general and in particular sentences.

L.5.1.b

Form and use the perfect verb tenses, such as I had walked, I have walked, and I will have walked.

L.5.1.c

Use verb tense to show various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

L.5.1.d

Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.

L.5.1.e

Use correlative conjunctions, such as either/or and neither/nor.

L.5.2.a

Use punctuation to separate items in a series.

L.5.2.b

Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.

L.5.2.c

Use commas to set off yes and no, a tag question, and a direct address, such as Yes, thank you and It's true, isn't it.

L.5.2.d

Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to show the titles of works.

L.5.2.e

Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.

L.5.3.a

Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader interest, and style.

L.5.3.b

Compare and contrast the varieties of English, such as dialects and registers, used in stories, dramas, or poems.

L.5.4.a

Use context, such as cause-and-effect relationships and comparisons in the text, as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

L.5.4.b

Use common grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to word meaning, such as photograph and photosynthesis.

L.5.4.c

Use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauruses, print or digital, to find a word's pronunciation and clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

L.5.5.a

Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

L.5.5.b

Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.

L.5.5.c

Use the relationship between particular words, such as synonyms, antonyms, and homographs, to understand each of the words better.

L.5.6

Use general academic and subject-specific words and phrases accurately, including ones that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships.

Grade 5 ELA topics & skills

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Foundational Skills

Writing

Language

Reading: Literature

RL.5.1

The Fix-It Table: A Short Play

The Piano with a Cold

Counting Chickadees

RL.5.2

The Tuba Nobody Wanted

The Paper House Under the Shed Roof

The Jacket with Three Names

The Blue Glass Bird

The Kite That Spun

RL.5.3

The Leaping Frog Contest

Two Rounds at Westbrook

The Wall on Fenwick Street

RL.5.4

The Vanishing Quarter

My Rock Tumbler Journal

Lane Four

RL.5.5

White Coat, Brown Coat

The Night of the Salamanders

The Guest Down the Hall

RL.5.6

The Thing Under the Porch

The Giant on My Lookout Rock

Two Paddlers, One River

RL.5.7

The Scratches on the Table

Jollof on the Small Screen

Waiting for Juniper

RL.5.9

Two Trips with Precious Cargo

When Home Changes

Two Mysteries, One Lesson

RL.5.10

The Ledger on the Top Shelf

The Lost Sock of Suds Corner: A Short Play

One Thin Layer at a Time

Reading: Informational Text

RI.5.1

"Number, Please": The Telephone Operators

Milk at the Door: A Job from the Past

What Tree Rings Tell Us

RI.5.2

Small Paper, Big World: The Story of Stamp Collecting

S-P-E-L-L: How Spelling Bees Began and How Spellers Win

Rivers of Ice: How Glaciers Shape the Land

RI.5.3

Squeeze! How the Paint Tube Took Art Outdoors

From Bread Crumbs to Erasers: How Fixing Mistakes Got Easier

How the Printing Press Changed Reading

RI.5.4

Life on the Tundra: Science Words in Context

Shafts, Vanes and Barbs: The Science of Feathers

Volcano Words: From Magma to Mountains

RI.5.5

Roman Aqueducts Two Ways: Time Order and Problem and Solution

The Falcon Comeback: Time Order and Compare-Contrast

Geysers Two Ways: Cause and Effect or Problem and Solution?

Lady Liberty Two Ways: Time Order and Description

Shaking Ground: Cause and Effect or Problem and Solution?

Two Texts About Rain and Water

RI.5.6

The Hole in Linden Street: Three Accounts

The Cold Morning Iguanas Fell: Two Accounts

Smoke Over Elm Road: Two Views of a Prairie Burn

A Moose on the Playground: Three Accounts

Moving Day at the Library: Two Accounts

RI.5.7

The Room 12 Bird Feeder: Four Sources, One Plan

The Ocarina Order: Four Sources, One Plan

The Mystery Rock Box: Solve It with Sources

Why Do Animal Eyes Glow? Search for the Answer