Good reading skills are essential not only for fifth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong learning. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!

WHAT'S THE WORD
Introducing challenging words in short stories helps kids learn vocabulary
in context.

READ BETWEEN THE LINES
Do-it-yourself essays on parties, cell phones, and more teach kids to grasp inferences within a story.

STOP & GO STORY
Illustrations and short stories featuring surfers, detectives, astronauts, and more show how to absorb and think about the facts of a story along the way.

KEEP IT STRAIGHT
Timelines, charts, and diagrams help kids organize the events of a story.

MIND MAP
Fill-in-the-blank sections aid in understanding key points in an article, including main points and details.


PLUS!

CHECK IT! STRIPS reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work.

Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 5th Grade Reading Comprehension Success.


Why Sylvan Learning Products Work 

Sylvan Learning Workbooks won a Honors Award from the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) as a top book series for children in the elementary-aged category. The NAPPA is the nation’s most comprehensive awards program for children’s products and parenting resources, and has been critically reviewing products since 1990. The Award recognizes Sylvan Learning Workbooks as some of the most innovative and useful products geared to parents.

Sylvan's proven system inspires kids to learn and has helped children nationwide catch up, keep up, and get ahead in school. Sylvan has been a trusted partner for parents for thirty years, and has based their supplemental education success on programs developed through a focus on the highest educational standards and detailed research.  Sylvan’s line of educational products equips families with fun, effective, and grade-appropriate learning tools.  Our workbooks and learning kits feature activities, stories, and games to reinforce the skills children need to develop and achieve their academic potential.  Students will reap the rewards of improved confidence and a newfound love of learning.

""If you are looking for some good, fun, learning books for your child, I definitely recommend the Sylvan Learning series."" -thedadjam.com

""Samantha loves these books because to her, they are not school work. They are fun activities. But really she is learning, and doing the same work she does at school.""
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""Since I was beginning homeschooling and looking for a good 'workbook' type system for my child to learn from aside from our other homeschool activities, I decided to try it out. My son loves the workbooks."" –thedomesticdiva.com

""The activities are FUN and our son doesn't realize that while he's having fun he's also learning and reinforcing what he's learned."" -Shescribes.com

""My daughter has picked up some great study habits and she loves that we don't spend hours on one subject. I recommend these workbooks to everyone homeschooler or not, as they can really add to your child's learning experience."" -Thedirtyshirt.com

""I love how each activity in a section connects to eachother, which allows the child to really grasp the concepts. The pages are full of interesting stories and fun activities. The workbooks also make it easy for kids to check their own work which will help them gain confidence in their skills."" -Melissaclee.com

""As an early childhood teacher, I know that good reading, vocabulary, and spelling skills make an essential foundation for both academic success as well as lifelong learning.  Sylvan Learning Workbooks & Learning Kits are an awesome resource that I'd have no problem recommending to the paretns of any of my students who are struggling.  The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in these books are great for helping a child achieve success with reading, provided that they're worked through with a loving and patient adult."" - TheOpinionatedParent.com