
Grade 5 ELA reading comprehension activities feature engaging passages with text-based questions designed to develop critical thinking skills. Students practice understanding texts through carefully crafted exercises that strengthen reading analysis and comprehension abilities.
11 questions
Past Simple Verbs
Passage
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3rd Grade
13 questions
Story-Based Comprehension Questions
Passage
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4th Grade
8 questions
A Wrinkle in Time - Chapter 6
Passage
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5th Grade
8 questions
A Wrinkle in Time - Chapters 9-10
Passage
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5th Grade
8 questions
U5 W1 Word Study Read (Lucy Larcom)
Passage
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1st - 5th Grade
12 questions
Present Continuous Tense
Passage
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5th Grade
8 questions
U5 W3 Word Study Read (Samuel Morse)
Passage
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1st - 5th Grade
6 questions
Susan B. Anthony (U1W1 Word Study Ready)
Passage
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5th Grade
6 questions
Twain and Tom (U2W3 Word Study Reads)
Passage
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5th Grade
16 questions
Word Study List 1-11: Rules and Vocabulary
Passage
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4th Grade
8 questions
If Animals Could Talk - Creative Writing
Passage
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1st - 5th Grade
8 questions
U5 W2 Word Study Read (An Adventure to Remember)
Passage
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1st - 5th Grade
ELA reading comprehension for Grade 5 students encompasses a comprehensive collection of engaging reading passages paired with text-based questions that develop critical thinking and analytical skills. Through Wayground's extensive library, students encounter diverse literary and informational texts that challenge them to demonstrate deeper understanding through careful analysis of character development, plot structure, main ideas, and supporting details. These reading comprehension activities systematically build essential skills including making inferences, identifying author's purpose, analyzing text evidence, and drawing conclusions from complex passages that align with fifth-grade reading expectations. Wayground's platform empowers teachers with millions of teacher-created reading comprehension resources that can be easily discovered through robust search and filtering capabilities, allowing educators to locate materials that match specific learning objectives and reading levels. The digital-first delivery system enables seamless integration into classroom instruction while providing teachers with powerful differentiation tools to customize passages and questions for diverse learners, supporting both remediation for struggling readers and enrichment for advanced students. Standards alignment ensures that selected reading comprehension activities directly support curriculum goals, while flexible assignment options allow teachers to use these resources for guided practice, independent work, or formal assessment, making it simple to reinforce critical reading skills across various instructional contexts.

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