5th Grade Reading Passages & Questions: Career Exploration {Google Slides + PDF}

These Career Exploration Reading Passages and Questions are designed to help students develop strong comprehension skills while also becoming familiar with a variety of options for occupations.

To provide flexibility, for use in distance learning and/or a classroom setting, the following options are offered:

1) A link to this document in Google Slides

2) Ready for use with the new TpT Digital Tool

3) Printable, as a traditional PDF

Over the years, I have found that students who can imagine themselves in successful careers have much more motivation to excel in school. I’m thrilled to offer this series of resources designed to help students learn about various careers while also developing listening, reading and writing skills.

This is the fifth set in this series. Working through these passages, students will become familiar with 15 career paths.

Students reading at (or about) Guided Reading Level R are generally able to read these passages and then answer the text evidence questions. I recommend taking time to discuss and introduce any vocabulary that will be unfamiliar to your students.

In addition to the written response page specifically for younger students, five multiple choice questions and two written response questions are included with each passage.

The multiple choice questions focus on topics such as:

★ central message

★ determining importance

★ inference

★ recognizing statements of opinion

★ problem-solving

Depending on the level of your students, the passages in this set can be ideal for close reading lessons, small group instruction and/or independent work, morning work or homework.

I truly hope your students find these passages enjoyable and that these passages help open students’ minds to new possibilities.

The following passages are included in this pack:

★ Tim Atkins: Soil Scientist

★ Noah Brown: Loan Officer

★ Grace Walker: Actuary

★ Nina Wright: Neurologist

★ Christopher Coleman: Journalist

★ Laura Nelson: Meteorologist

★ Ryan Marshall: Magician

★ Lily Boyd: Cartographer

★ Allen McCoy: Chauffeur

★ Leona Reynolds: Traffic Engineer

★ Leo McGee: Locksmith

★ Mikayla Richards: Cardiologist

★ Michael Worthington: Marine

★ Charlene Rodríguez: Arborist

★ Caroline Gilbert: Dog Walker

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look!

Sincerely, Anne Gardner (NBCT, Literacy)

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* Please note: An answer key is included for the multiple choice questions. For many of the written response questions, answers can vary and are considered correct as long as the student logically uses evidence from the text to support his or her answer.