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5th grade english language arts printables for Easel Assessments
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions + RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets
These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 4-6th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension skil
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4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Passages and Multiple Choice Questions RACE Bundle 4-6
Nonfiction Text Features: Task Cards in Printable and Digital Formats
This set of task cards focuses on nonfiction text features. It includes 24 task cards and 1 game recording sheet. Some of the text features include: heading, subheading, diagram, caption, glossary, index, table of contents, map, timeline, text box, cutaway, bold words, italicized words, photograph, and illustration. ********This resource is available in three formats:Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute paper task cards and recording sheets. Easel Activity- With this paperless fo
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Nonfiction Text Features BUNDLE: Worksheets, Posters, Activities
Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions: 4th Grade and 5th Grade (Set 1)
This resource contains 20 reading comprehension passages (10 nonfiction passages, 9 fiction passages, and 1 poem). Beneath each passage, there are six multiple-choice comprehension questions. These reading passages can be used in so many ways! Some options include using them as a test prep activity, as morning work or homework, or as part of a small group lesson.The comprehension questions vary with each passage, which allows your students the opportunity to review several reading skills at once
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Reading Passages Bundle with Comprehension Questions
13 Colonies Activities & Unit: Passages Worksheets Maps Colonial Times Project
Take a step back to Colonial America with these fun 13 Colonies activities. Students will enjoy learning about life in 13 Colonies with this COMPLETE unit that includes three different levels of reading passages, organizers, map activities, unit test, a flipbook, vocabulary posters, and so much more! The passages focus on each region related to people, natural resources, climate, daily life, crops, houses, schooling, and economy. There are reading passages and activities for three different reg
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2nd - 5th
13 Colonies Map and Activities | Printable & Digital
Focus on climate, geography, and the economies of the early American colonies using this informational text, comprehension worksheet, map activity, and assessment! Students will gain a better understanding of how climate and geography played a role in shaping each colonial economy. A printable PDF version and digital version is included! **This resource is part of the no-prep 13 Colonies Unit Bundle. It includes FIVE printable and digital resources at a 30% discount price! A FREE 13 Colonies wo
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â 13 Colonies Unit | Colonial America | Colonization | Map & Activities
Author's Purpose Task Cards PIE'ED: Analyze 24 Passages 4th, 5th, 6th Grade
This resource contains 24 task cards that focus on identifying the author's purpose for writing a passage. This important reading skill often appears on standardized tests, and these author's purpose task cards are designed to help you prepare your students for these questions.Each task card contains a short passage, followed by this question: "The author's primary purpose for writing this passage most likely is..."Four multiple-choice options follow the question stem.I prefer teaching the five
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Author's Purpose Bundle of Activities: Worksheets, Task Cards, Game, Craft
American Civil War Reading Passages Worksheets Unit Causes Battles Maps Timeline
Make history come to life in your classroom with our Civil War Activities Complete Unit! Immerse your students into the American Civil War with this comprehensive collection of interactive activities, leveled reading passages, comprehension questions, and vocabulary posters. Step back in time as you teach your students about the events and people that were part of this crucial moment in history.Go Digital--A Digital Version of This Unit is Now Available:A DIGITAL version of this unit for Google
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3rd - 5th
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Ecosystems and Biomes Reading Passages Activities Photosynthesis Food Chains Web
Make teaching about ecosystems and biomes fun with this complete unit! With this BEST SELLER, your students will learn all about the different types of ecosystems, biomes, food chains, photosynthesis, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, and how they interact with each other. This engaging unit includes information about different types of ecosystems and biomes, as well as hands-on activities that bring the topics to life. Help your students understand ecosystems and biomes in a meaningful wa
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3rd - 5th
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5-LS2-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 2-LS4-1
Capitalization and Punctuation Worksheets | Commas Quotations Possessive Nouns
Get your hands on this no-prep capitalization and punctuation worksheet pack. Teachers can use these tests to evaluate their students grammar knowledge.Capitalization and punctuation practice worksheet questions are written specifically for Grades 5-6.Focus Areas:Using Commas, Using Quotations, Using Possessive Nouns, Using Dates, Opening and Closing EmailsCapitalization and Punctuation Review:The product includes 6 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choi
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5th - 7th
Also included in:Â ELA Worksheets Bundle | Nouns Verbs Adjectives Tenses Context Clues Synonyms
Shades of Meaning Synonyms Task Cards | Print & Digital | Vocabulary Growth
Use these 32 cards in your shades of meaning lesson plan to reinforce this language skill. The multiple choice format requires students to compare three related words (usually synonyms) and select the best one. Please keep in mind that shades of meaning is somewhat subjective. On most of the cards, all of the words will work to complete the sentence, however, the student is asked to select the best word. I believe that the answers given in the answer key are indeed the best, however, it is possi
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2nd - 5th
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Past Present Future Verb Tense Activities & Posters to Conjugate Verbs Worksheet
Need students to practice regular verb tenses or past, present, and future verb tenses? Supplement your regular verb tense lesson by including anchor charts, task cards, worksheets, and building sentence activities to help students practice and reinforce their understanding of verb conjugation. Within each regular verb tense grammar activity, students must think, analyze, and compare verb tenses to demonstrate their understanding of correctly conjugating past, present, and future verbs.Simple V
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3rd - 5th
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Nonfiction Text Features Assessment or Worksheet in Print and Digital
Use this nonfiction text features assessment with your upper elementary students. Being able to identify and use text features is essential to reading and comprehending informational texts. Have your students show what they know with this informational text feature assessment. It consists of four pages. I have always used this resource as an end-of-unit assessment, but you can also use it as part of large group or small group lesson, or as a practice worksheet.This nonfiction text feature resour
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Nonfiction Text Features BUNDLE: Worksheets, Posters, Activities
Point of View Task Cards: 24 Practice Reading Passages for 4th, 5th, 6th Grade
Point of View Task Cards: This set of 24 task cards will give your upper elementary students an opportunity to practice reading a passage and identifying the point of view used by the author. Students will differentiate between four common points of view: first person, second person, third person limited, and third person omniscient. Each task card consists of an engaging fiction passage and four multiple-choice options.✅ First Person✅ Second Person✅ Third Person Limited✅ Third Person Omniscient
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4th - 6th
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Nonfiction Text Structures Assessment or Worksheet in Print and Digital
This resource contains TEN nonfiction reading passages. Students read each passage and identify the informational text structure used by the author. This can be used as a practice worksheet or as an assessment at the end of your text structures unit.It addresses the following five text structures:→ Sequence→ Compare and Contrast→ Cause and Effect→ Problem and Solution→ Description After identifying the text structure of a given passage, students are also asked to defend their answers. An answer
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4th - 6th
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Author's Tone Task Cards in Print and Digital: 24 Practice Passages
Author's Tone Task Cards: This set of 24 task cards will give your upper elementary and middle school students an opportunity to practice reading a passage and identifying the author's tone. Each task card consists of an engaging passage and four multiple-choice options. The answer choices consist of words often associated with mood and tone, giving your students an authentic opportunity to interact with these terms and expand their vocabulary. Students will complete the following steps as they
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Mood and Tone Bundle of Activities: Worksheets, Task Cards, Short Stories
Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions: 4th Grade and 5th Grade (Set 2)
This resource contains 20 reading comprehension passages (9 nonfiction passages, 8 fiction passages, 2 poems, and 1 script). Beneath each passage, there are six multiple-choice comprehension questions. These reading passages can be used in so many ways! Some options include using them as a test prep activity, as morning work or homework, or as part of a small group lesson.The comprehension questions vary with each passage, which allows your students the opportunity to review several reading skil
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Reading Passages Bundle with Comprehension Questions
Context Clues in Spanish Reading Comprehension Task Cards - Claves de contexto
Context clues in Spanish / tarjetas de claves del contexto Context clues reading comprehension in Spanish include 32 color and black and white short reading comprehension cards in Spanish to determine the meaning of unknown words. It also includes an anchor chart and exit ticket. These context clues task cards in Spanish are great to get your students moving if you use them as reading centers. It can also be used for homework, independent packet, reading lesson, and more. { Third, fourth, and
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2nd - 5th
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Prefixes and Suffixes Mixed Practice Pages With Reference Chart - Differentiated
Engage your students with this resource designed to strengthen their grasp of prefixes and suffixes. Practice becomes fun and effective with these worksheets targeting the 20 most common affixes.This resource offers diverse activities tailored to different learning styles and levels of proficiency. From matching exercises to determining word meanings, students will gain mastery through a variety of practice styles.Now with differentiated pages for each task and review quiz to better support stud
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4th - 6th
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Character Traits Task Cards with Print and Digital: Practice Passages 4th & 5th
Character Traits Task Cards: This resource contains 24 task cards that focus on identifying the correct character trait term for a character in a passage. Each task card contains a short fiction passage. After reading each engaging passage, students are tasked with choosing the character trait that best describes a given character. The answer choices consist of words often associated with character traits, giving your students an authentic opportunity to interact with these terms and expand thei
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3rd - 5th
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Critical and Creative Thinking Task Cards - Great Discussion Starters with Poll
Your students will love these 24 critical thinking Odd One Out task cards! Each odd one out task card features four images (or descriptions for blackline) and asks the students to choose which one is the "odd one out". Uniquely, there are multiple answers to build student creative and critical thinking skills!Plus, there's an Easel poll included! This is great for a discussion starter!Flexible Features: Use with or without technology!Printable in color or black and white (4 cards-to-a-page)Digit
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Creative and Critical Thinking Task Cards - 7 Set Bundle (over 400 cards!)
Context Clues Worksheet for Halloween with Print and Digital Options
Your students will read six stories related to Halloween. To answer the seventeen multiple-choice questions, they will need to use context clues to decipher the meaning of a word. Words include: specter, domicile, predilection, penchant, loathe, intrepid, eschew, foiled, abashed, copious, tepid, abashed, culled, obstreperous, and emanating.I created this because I have found that not only my ELL's, but the vast majority of students at my school struggle with this type of question on multiple-cho
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4th - 7th
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Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors Bingo Game
Students identify inherited traits and learned behaviors of different animals in this fun bingo game. Print and play using 24 pre-made cards. A sentence about an animal is read aloud. Students identify the animal and decide whether the sentence describes an inherited trait or learned behavior. Most of the animals in the game are used twice...once for an inherited trait and once for learned behavior. This means students have to do a bit of critical thinking. Great test prep!Play this game digital
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Science Bingo Games Reading Passages and PowerPoints Activities Bundle
Ancient Greece Activities Map Geography Worksheets Olympics Athens vs Sparta
Our Ancient Greece activities pack has information about geography, daily life in Ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta, ancient Olympics, Democracy, religion, Greek theater, and culture. This unit is filled with reading passages with comprehension questions, hands-on activities, vocabulary posters, timeline, map activity, quiz, and much more!Inside you'll find information about:A Great CivilizationGeography of GreeceEarly Greek CivilizationsThe MinoansThe MycenaeansA Tough Life Life in AthensLife i
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2nd - 5th
Also included in:Â Ancient Greece and Rome Comprehension Passages Activities Worksheets Maps
Mood Task Cards: Practice Inferring the Mood with 24 Short Stories
Mood Task Cards: This set of 24 task cards will give your upper elementary and middle school students an opportunity to practice reading a passage and identifying the mood of the passage. Each task card consists of an engaging passage and four multiple-choice options. The answer choices consist of words often associated with mood and tone, giving your students an authentic opportunity to interact with these terms and expand their vocabulary.Students will complete the following steps as they work
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Mood and Tone Bundle of Activities: Worksheets, Task Cards, Short Stories
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
- Develop effective communication skills
- Build critical thinking and analytical skills
- Nurture their creativity and imagination
By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
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On TPT, English language arts resources come in various forms: from interactive notebooks and task cards to small-group activities and individual worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of ELA concepts, or to reteach a tricky concept. By incorporating ELA resources from TPT into your teaching toolbox, you can create an engaging learning experience that strengthens students’ understanding of ELA concepts.
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital English language arts worksheets, TPT has an extensive collection of resources across topics and grade levels. No matter what ELA topic your students are working on — whether you’re teaching the parts of speech to 1st graders or argumentative essay writing to 10th graders — TPT has instructional materials that are designed to help with any ELA learning need. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning ELA will be so much easier.
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