5th Grade Fall Reading Activities – Passages, Questions, & Skill Practice

Make fall ELA small groups actually easy. This printable pack includes high-interest, seasonally themed passages with standards-aligned questions, strategy tools, and quick checks—perfect for small groups, stations, intervention, and test prep. What’s Inside

Nonfiction Passages
- Monarch Migration (main idea, evidence, summary)
- Fall Color Changes (leaf pigments, cause/effect, vocabulary in context)
Fiction Passage
- The Fun Leaf Pile (character motivation, setting, theme, visualization)
Paired Texts
- Harvest Light (Harvest Moon vs. streetlights: central idea, compare/contrast, structure)
Central Idea Toolkit
- Choice board, topic vs. central idea practice, headline/gist/summary frames
Text Features & Text Structure Quick Checks
- Headings, captions, diagrams, maps, timelines; description, sequence, cause/effect, compare/contrast, problem/solution
Vocabulary & Morphology
- Tier 2 context clues + prefix/suffix/base word practice
Text Evidence Writing
- RACES response page with citation prompts (Quote + L#/Para#)
Answer Keys for all passages and checks

Total: 20+ printable pages; black-ink friendly; teacher directions included.
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Skills Covered (Grade 5)

Central Idea & Summary (RI/RL.5.2)
Text Evidence & Inference (RI/RL.5.1)
Text Structure (RI.5.5)
Text & Graphic Features (RI.5.7)
Compare/Contrast Across Texts (RI.5.9)
Vocabulary in Context & Morphology (L.5.4)
Constructed Response (RACES) (W.5.9)

Easy Ways to Use

Guided reading or 15–20 min small-group rotations
Literacy centers & early finisher folders
Intervention/RTI pull-outs
Quick checks, homework, or sub plans
Benchmark warm-ups before unit or state assessments

Teacher-Friendly Design

Print-and-go PDF (no prep beyond printing)
Clear question sets (MC + short constructed)
Scaffolded strategy pages (gists, evidence logs, graphic organizers)
Answer keys included for fast grading and modeling

Licensing: Single classroom use.