6th Grade Reading Comprehension Resources : Page 2

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Analyze the impact an author’s words can have on the meaning and tone of a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.