Kindergarten - 8th Grade Common Core Reading Comprehension Resources

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

Students will learn fun facts about animals while making inferences about nonfiction text.

Explore the many ways people around the world embrace winter in this reading comprehension worksheet!

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

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

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!

The main idea is the most important idea in a paragraph. With this worksheet, students will read the paragraphs carefully then circle the statement that best fits the paragraph's main idea.

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will make inferences about the various scenes included in this reading exercise.

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

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

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.

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Learn all about the fascinating field of food science in this four-page informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

In this worksheet, students will read about Anne Frank, then complete a chart identifying cause and effect.

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

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!