Report on a Topic is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on reporting with facts and details that support the theme, aligned to Common Core standard SL.5.4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Report on a Topic
SL.5.4
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Summarise a text you have read in exactly fifty words.
I summarised it
I kept to fifty words
I kept the main ideas
I paraphrased, not copied
2.Was Mr Whately right to say nothing? Argue a position using all three accounts.
I stated a claim
I used all three accounts
I supported with evidence
I wrote a conclusion
LessonPrint · SL.5.4 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Report on a Topic
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A fifty-word summary preserving the main ideas in the writer's own words.
2.A position on Whately drawing on the owner, worker and newspaper accounts.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.5.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.