5th Grade Non-Fiction Reading

Solidify your reading skills with this collection of 10 original stories.

Solidify your reading and understanding skills:

• This collection of 10 original stories was written specifically for this app

• Read and test your comprehension with a variety of questions about the selected passages

• Study anywhere and learn at your own pace

• Each passage and question set takes approximately 5-8 minutes to complete

• Specifically appropriate content chosen at the 5th grade level

• Works well in classrooms for independent study time

• Increase student reading comprehension and their scores!

Peekaboo Studios reading passages have been written by award winning authors, teachers, and Pulitzer Prize nominees specifically for our apps.

Aligned with CCSS - Common Core State Standards for 5th Grade:

• Read and comprehend literature and informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently

• Determine a theme of a story from details in the text; summarize the text

• Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases as they are used in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area

• Explain the relationships between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text

• Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

• Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding

Non-Fiction topics include:

• Aluminum

• Blimps

• Jimmy Carter

• Hong Kong

• Pomeranians

• Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips Recipe

• Blake Shelton

• Orlando

• Sloths

• Grace Hopper

*With practice you can achieve your best scores!*