1st - 4th Grade Reading Passages Worksheets

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

Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.

Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.

Read this poem, then illustrate your favorite part!

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.

Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

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

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.

Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.

Learn all about The Mayflower, the famous ship the Pilgrims made their great journey in.

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

In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Read a classic fable with your beginning reader! This story page for "The Ugly Duckling" will help build reading skills.

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.

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