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Grade 5 Reading: Informational Text Worksheets

Free printable and interactive Grade 5 Reading: Informational Text worksheets aligned to Common Core. 39 worksheets so far. Every worksheet has an answer key and can be completed online with instant feedback.

RI.5.1

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

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"Number, Please": The Telephone Operators
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Milk at the Door: A Job from the Past
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What Tree Rings Tell Us
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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.

"Number, Please": The Telephone Operators

Milk at the Door: A Job from the Past

What Tree Rings Tell Us

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

Squeeze! How the Paint Tube Took Art Outdoors

From Bread Crumbs to Erasers: How Fixing Mistakes Got Easier

How the Printing Press Changed Reading

Life on the Tundra: Science Words in Context

Shafts, Vanes and Barbs: The Science of Feathers

Volcano Words: From Magma to Mountains

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

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

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

Maple Pond Field Trip: Find the Answer

Fix It, Don't Toss It: A Letter About Mending

Let Kids Plan the Family Dinner

More Trees for Our Streets

Salt from Sea to Table: Three Short Texts

The Potato's Long Journey: Three Sources

Maple Sugaring Then and Now: Two Texts

Living Filters: The Science and History of Sea Sponges

Air, Pipes and Keys: How a Pipe Organ Works

Finding the Way at Sea: Stars, Compasses, and Knots

Hidden Colors: Why Leaves Change in Autumn

A Staircase of Water: The Erie Canal