2nd - 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Resources : Page 2

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.

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

Practice identifying elements of a story in this simple sorting activity!

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

This picture story is all mixed up! Use this worksheet to teach your students how to put plot events in order.

Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.

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

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

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

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

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

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

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

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

Children learn the difference between a fact and an opinion, then decide if each of eight sentences are facts or opinions.

Get your students to ask, “Why did that happen?” Support them as they make connections between key ideas in a nonfiction text about thunderstorms.

Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.

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

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

In Blarney: A Game of Deception, children learn about the legend of the Blarney Stone, along with the rules for a fun game where they must decide which player is lying!

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

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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.

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

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

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.