Reading Teaching Resources for 5th Grade
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Descriptive Writing Poster
A poster outlining the main points and structure of a descriptive text.
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Activate Prior Knowledge Poster
A poster highlighting how to activate prior knowledge when reading a piece of text.
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Monitor Understanding Poster
A poster highlighting how to monitor understanding when reading a piece of text.
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Make Connections Poster
A poster highlighting how to make connections when reading a piece of text.
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Ask Questions Poster
A poster highlighting how to ask questions when reading a piece of text.
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Whole Class Guided Reading Focus Poster
A set of 3 posters to write the class focus for guided reading groups.
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Independent Reading Rubric (Middle Elementary)
A rubric to ascertain students reading phases.
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Advanced Reading Rubric (Upper Elementary)
A rubric to ascertain students reading phases.
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Fiction and Non-Fiction Cloze Activities
A set of 7 fiction and non-fiction cloze worksheets with answer sheets.
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Informative Paragraphs Sequencing Activity
Teach your students about informational text paragraph structure with this hands-on sequencing activity.
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Reading Fluency Assessment Tool - Rainforests
A user-friendly tool for teachers to assess their students' reading fluency and accuracy, with texts based on a rainforest theme.
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Analyzing Poetry Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to analyze poetry using the SMILE technique with this comprehensive and age-appropriate slide deck.
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The More You Read... Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Understanding Sequence - Jack and the Beanstalk
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to understand sequence when reading.
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Cause and Effect - Sentence Sort Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the cause and effect comprehension strategy.
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Making Predictions - Recording Card
A template for students to make predictions with a piece of text.
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Multiple Intelligences Grid - Reading Activities (A)
A reading activities grid using Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.
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Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Bookmarks
A bookmark highlighting the different strategies involved with the QAR comprehension strategy.
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Readers' Theater Script - What's My Pet?
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 6 years and over.
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Guided Reading Groups - Retelling a Text Template
Use this template during a guided reading session for a scaffold to help your students retell a text.
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Onomatopoeia Man Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of onomatopoeia.
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Figurative Language Anchor Chart - Onomatopoeia
Help young readers and writers recognize figurative language and onomatopoeia with a set of onomatopoeia anchor charts.
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Opinion Sentence Worksheet
Some opinion sentence starters to be completed with evidence.
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QR Code Reading Comprehension Strategy Question Cubes
A set of QR code question cubes to use when working with reading comprehension strategies.
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Independence Day - Word Wall
Teach your students about the Fourth of July and inspire them to read and write with an illustrated Fourth of July Word Wall.
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The Escape Key - Story and Task Cards
An exciting short story about escaping a maze with a set of task cards to explore after the text has been read.
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Viewing Response Template
A useful template to encourage students to make careful observations and interpretations while viewing visual prompts.
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Comprehension - Creepy Cat Club
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - Dog Park Days
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to help students activate their prior knowledge before reading.
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Comprehension - Hansel, Gretel and Nancy
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.