Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Write a Short Story – The Quest
Get your students analysing and writing a quest story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Printable Graphic Organiser Worksheets
A collection of 14 different blank graphic organisers to use in a variety of ways in all subject areas.
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Novel Study Worksheet Pack
Download this set of novel study worksheets that can be used with any text to support your students in exploring characters and events in literature.
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Immigration Worksheets - Year 4-5 Reading Comprehension Pack
Use our differentiated Immigration Worksheets to introduce your students to the concept of immigration and the reasons why people migrate to new countries.
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Remembrance Day Comprehension Worksheet
Explain Remembrance Day history and traditions to your students with a printable cloze reading passage and comprehension questions.
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Biography Examples and Analysis Worksheet
Use these biography examples with accompanying analysis worksheets to teach your students about the purpose, structure and language features of biographical texts.
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Analysing Poetry Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to analyse poetry using the SMILE technique with this comprehensive and age-appropriate slide deck.
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Critical Literacy Reading Task – School Camp Conundrum
Teach your students how to use critical literacy skills to evaluate texts with this engaging reading comprehension project embedded in a real-world scenario.
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The Force of Friction Comprehension Worksheets
Download this friction worksheet to teach your Year 4 students about the force of friction and its impact on our daily lives.
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I Am Sorry – Poem and Discussion Questions
A poem to promote thoughtful discussion around issues of reconciliation on National Sorry Day.
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The Wonders of the Human Body – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 2).
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What Is Climate Change? Worksheet Pack
Teach your students about the perils of climate change with this comprehensive article with accompanying comprehension questions.
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Koala Adaptations Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Learn about the physical and behavioural adaptations of the koala with a set of printable reading comprehension worksheets for Year 4-5.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheets - The History of Electricity
Read to learn about the history of electricity with printable reading comprehension worksheets.
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Formation of Earth - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Combine reading and science content with a reading comprehension worksheet that focuses on the formation of Earth.
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Car Listings Inference Practice Worksheets
Download these inference practice worksheets featuring five imaginary car listings to help your students build critical reading skills and make evidence-based inferences.
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Comprehension - Tia's Tantrum
A comprehension activity using a narrative text.
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Write a Short Story – Adventure in Space
Get your students analysing and writing adventure in space stories with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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The Moon of Planet Earth Worksheet
Engage your students with a high-interest reading passage about the moon with this informative article and accompanying response sheet.
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Christmas Around the World Mini Book - Germany
Introduce your students to Germany's Christmas traditions and decorations with a printable Christmas Around the World Mini Book.
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Real Estate Listing Inference Worksheets
Support comprehension with inference worksheets that guide students in interpreting real estate descriptions and justifying their ideas with clear textual evidence.
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List of Sound Devices
Download this list of sound devices in poetry to help students recognise, understand and confidently use sound techniques that bring poems to life.
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Persuasive Text Example Pack with Analysis Task Cards
Use this persuasive text example pack with accompanying task cards to teach your students how purpose, structure and language features work together in strong persuasive texts.
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Point of View in a Narrative Booklet
Explore point of view in a narrative with this engaging mini book that helps students analyse the narrative voice of a book they have recently read.
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Cause and Effect Comprehension Worksheets
Use these cause and effect comprehension worksheets to give your students practice reading, sequencing and matching effects to their causes.
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The Three States of Matter – Year 5 Reading Worksheets
Use a Year 5 Reading Comprehension passage and worksheet to teach your students about the three states of matter.
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Camel Adaptations - Year Five Reading Comprehension
Learn about the physical and behavioural adaptations of a camel with a set of printable reading comprehension worksheets for Year 5.
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Giant Squid Reading Comprehension Worksheets - Year 5
Read and learn about the features and adaptations of the giant squid with reading comprehension worksheets for years 5 and 6.
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Summarising Teaching Slides
Teach students all about summarising with 15 teaching slides of summarising goodness.
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Colour-Coding Summarising Fiction Text Worksheets
Practise summarising small fiction texts with this fun colour-coding set of worksheets.
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Earth, Sun and Moon – Comprehension Worksheet
Read about and compare physical characteristics of the Eath, sun and moon with this reading comprehension sheet.
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The Secret Society of Vegetable Venerators – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).