5th Grade Reading & Writing Worksheets and Activities

Drawing conclusions means making your own decisions based on the information given. To do this, you need to think about what makes the most sense. Making inferences is when you use your own knowledge along with the information from the story to figure something out. Worksheet instructions: Read the story. As you read, consider what you already know along with the information in the story. Use this to figure out the deeper meaning by thinking about what makes the most sense.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students enhance their skills in comparing and contrasting. After reading a story about a farmer and a thief, they answer questions about their similarities and differences. Remember, when we compare - we tell how things are alike. When we contrast - we tell how things are different. Worksheet instructions: Read the story. As you read, think about how the characters are alike, and how they are different. Then, answer the questions that follow. A parent or teacher may read along with the student, and help as needed.

What is the meaning of personification? Personification is when we give human qualities to things that are not human, such as an object, idea, or animal. For example: "The sun smiled down at us." (The sun cannot actually smile, but this makes it seem warm and friendly.) Worksheet instructions: Circle the object being personified and underline the action that shows personification.

What is personification? Personification is when we give human qualities to things that are not human, such as an object, idea, or animal. For example: "The sun smiled down at us." (The sun cannot actually smile, but this makes it seem warm and friendly.) Worksheet instructions: Circle the object being personified and underline the action that shows personification.

Personification is when we give human qualities to things that are not human, such as an object, idea, or animal. For example: "The sun smiled down at us." (The sun cannot actually smile, but this makes it seem warm and friendly.) Worksheet instructions: Circle the object being personified and underline the action that shows personification.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "ie" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "ge" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "ew" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "et" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "el" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "ei" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "ch" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "cc" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Improve spelling skills with this worksheet where students trace, copy, and spell words containing a common two-letter blend: "al" - Worksheet instructions: Trace the word. Then, copy the word in the next column. Lastly, cover the word and try to spell it from memory.

Sequencing means putting things in order, from first to last. Sequencing events properly helps the reader understand a text. In this comprehension worksheet, students read a short text, and place 5 events in their proper order. Worksheet instructions: Read about how plants grow, paying attention to the sequence of events, from first to last.

A double negative occurs when two negative words appear together in the same sentence. For example: “I can't go nowhere tonight.” Worksheet instructions: Circle the double negatives in the following sentences. Then, rewrite the sentences correctly.

A run-on sentence occurs when two complete thoughts are written together without proper punctuation. Worksheet instructions: Rewrite the following run-on sentences as two separate sentences.

A sentence expresses a complete thought that makes sense on its own. It has a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a verb (the action or what the subject is doing). Example: The dog is playing. Worksheet instructions: Write whether each group of words is a sentence or a fragment.

When we compare - we tell how things are alike. When we contrast - we tell how things are different. Worksheet instructions: Read the two stories. As you read, think about how the stories are alike, and how they are different. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Remember, a sentence always has a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete thought. A fragment is not a complete thought. Worksheet instructions: Add a subject to each fragment below, and rewrite the new sentence.

A sentence always has a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete thought. A fragment is not a complete thought. Worksheet instructions: Add a subject to each fragment below, and rewrite the new sentence.

Seasons and directions only start with a capital letter if they are part of a proper noun. Holidays always start with a capital letter. Worksheet instructions: Rewrite each sentence with correct capitalization.

Worksheet instructions: In each row, only one word is spelled correctly. Circle each of the correctly spelled words below. Can you find them all?

Worksheet instructions: In each row, only one word is spelled correctly. Circle each of the correctly spelled words below. Can you find them all?

Worksheet instructions: In each row, only one word is spelled correctly. Circle each of the correctly spelled words below. Can you find them all?