1st - 3rd Grade Comprehension Questions Resources

Reinforce reading comprehension skills with this simple practice quiz!

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.

Use this reading worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.

Picture comprehension is a great intro to reading comprehension! Kids will simply identify what is going on in each picture.

In this worksheet, children discover what plastic is, how it is manufactured, as well as its history and about attempts to reduce plastic waste.

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Teach your little leprechaun about the various St. Patrick's Day traditions and other fun parts of this special Irish heritage day.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Students will read and answer questions about the Bradley family's summer vacation. 

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

Use this science-themed resource with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view in a text about life cycles. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject as they establish their own points of view.

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

Play author with this creative writing and comprehension exercise! Your child will learn all about inference, or drawing conclusions based on what they've read.

One of the first questions young readers should ask is, "Who is telling this story?" Here students will practice spotting different points of view by identifying which point of view sentences are written from and then writing sentences of their own.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Read about Pete and all of his pets in this story. 

This worksheet practices story sequencing, an essential reading comprehension skill for first graders.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

This nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet is a fun, approachable way for students to practice identifying key ideas from nonfiction texts.