FREE Grade 5 reading and Writing Worksheets – A stupid Crocodile
Grade 5 reading is starting to get more complex both at Native and ESL levels, and use of adjectives, grammar and multisyllabic words are a feature. Guided reading and process writing are usually featured at this level, and introduced at grade 3-4 as well.
We have one of a set of four themed grade 5 reading working sheets here for free download and printing. they are in PDF format so we have also included the main text in the body of the article for you to cut and paste so you can present on white boards, tablets or print outs if you need to.
This Set of Grade 5 Reading Comprehension worksheets which you can access from the links below, include the following teaching and learning tasks.
- error correction,
- free writing,
- grammar points,
- vocabulary building
- Comprehension questions
- and more
.This set, the Stupid crocodile, focusses on guided and free writing aiming to allow grade 5 students to express themselves with the language they have learned and start to experiment with creative writing.
You can download thes set of five worksheets or mini workbook from the links under the image below.
Our Grade 5 Reading and Writing Worksheets Include:
You can access these by clicking on the links both in the list above and on the images below the download links below. There are some teaching notes and extra links to resources below this.
Grade 5: A Stupid Crocodile
These Grade 5 reading worksheets include 5 pages of resources and tasks for students and are great to be sent home in the holidays or for homework. They could also be used for mini projects, and be guilt up into a student portfolio with the other sets of grade 5 reading and writing worksheets we have on the site.

The tasks in this set of grade 5 reading and writing worksheets include:
- Reading exercise
- Reading comprehension
- Free / process writing
- Guided writing
- Proof Reading
- Vocabulary Expansion
- Sentence Construction
- Grammar Skills
- Error Correction
All of these are skills that grade 5 students should be aware of and practicing often. Writing can be difficult for both ESL and Native speakers both in practice and in terms of motivation. Hopefully these tasks will help a little with that.

There are also links above to the other 4 sets of Grade Five Reading Comprehension worksheets we have created, these are also free to download and are printable as well.
We have loads of resources on the site to help you both teach and motivate your students and children to develop a love of reading. At this age students should be reading to learn , and not learning to read, however if your students are ESL, Second Language learners or have additional needs you can access more free resources than help teach reading skills as well.
There is also advice here on Making English Fun on reading levels for Grade 5, which we have in this article linked here and below. Though don’t get to caught up in reading levels as students develop in their own time and these are meant as a guide not a steadfast level for each child,
Grade 5 Reading and Writing Worksheets
Below you will find the links for four other sets of grade 5 reading comprehension worksheets, and below those links to other reading materials and resources. These include readers, games activities and worksheets. All are free, however if you want the full set you can pick it up inthe shop , there is usually a sale on!
Below are the Free Downloads of the other Grade 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheets.
- Grade 5 Reading Comprehension – A haunted House
- Grade 5 Reading Comprehension – Mid Autumn Festival
- Grade 5 Reading Comprehension The Complaint letter
- Grade 5 reading Comprehension – The lizard and the Sparrow
To get access to our bumper packs you can check out the Mega bundle below, it has over 350 pages or Reading, Grammar, Phonics and more!
Conclusion
Reading practice is what makes good readers, it is as simple as that. Grade 5 is an important year as students are starting to develop their own creativity and hopefully these reading comprehension worksheets will help achieve that.

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