5th Grade Non-Fiction Reading

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!*