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2nd - 5th Grade Common Core Comprehension Questions Worksheets : Page 16

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

All About Wangari Maathai

Children will use this sandwich-format diagram to write their prediction, evidence, and reasoning.

Make a Prediction Sandwich

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

Compare & Contrast Themes

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

Garden Power: Predictions

Use this short fictional story about the ugly duckling’s new friend to help your ELs make predictions, summarize text, and recognize the importance of transitional phrases!

I Can Make Predictions and Summarize Text

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

All About Katherine Johnson

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Context Clue Matching

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

Writing a Fiction Summary: The Wind in the Willows

Read this classic story by Rudyard Kipling with your students for basic reading comprehension practice. As they answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions, your students will prove that they understand what they read!

Reading Comprehension: How the Alphabet Was Made

Read about the earth's coldest land biome, the tundra, then fill in the blanks to review what you've learned.

Welcome to the Tundra

The Civil Rights Movement: The Later Years worksheet, children read about the issues that emerged later in the movement.

Civil Rights: The Later Years of the Movement

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

History of Soul

This Louis Pasteur biography goes over his accomplishments, and includes a bacteria-based science activity at the end!

Louis Pasteur

Young historians learn about four pioneering female scientists as they hone their research skills in this Who Am I? Women in Science worksheet.

Who Am I? Women in Science

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

"Somebody Wanted" Story Map

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

Making Inferences: Courageous Leaders Part 1

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

The Similarities in the Stories

Children practice comparing and contrasting characters in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Comparing Characters from Two Fiction Texts

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

The Monkey King

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Introducing Mae Jemison, the Star

Young historians will practice writing essays and get a great reading comprehension workout with this worksheet about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He.

Zheng He

Located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. the Lincoln Memorial honors our 16th president.

Lincoln Memorial Facts

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

St. Patrick's Day Traditions

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they distinguish their own viewpoint from those of characters in a fiction text.

Circle of Viewpoints

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Literature Response Prompts

Good readers are able to compare and contrast key points between two texts on the same topic. With this worksheet, your students will practice this important concept by reading two different texts on feeding pets and identifying the similarities and diffe

Comparing and Contrasting: Feeding our Pets

Help your second graders practice their prediction and summarizing skills.

Summarize It

Frantic flamingos frequently flounder! Fill in the blanks of this alliteration worksheet to make a funny story, featuring the letter "F".

Advanced Alliteration Tongue Twisters: "F"

Use this resource to help your students track information as they compare and contrast the story elements from two fiction texts

Compare Story Elements

Learners can gather a lot of information about veterans and their former jobs by interviewing them on Veterans Day. Use the worksheet Interview a Veteran to have students ask veterans questions and write down their answers.

Interview a Veteran

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