Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Study the map of terrestrial biomes, then use it to answer questions.

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.

Your students will use an abridged version of "The Princess and the Pea" to practice analyzing and expressing character traits with the help of a word bank.

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

Your third graders will love reading this story about Mike, his friends, the kickball game, and the runaway ball! Use this resource with your students as they answer basic comprehension questions about a fiction text.

This ELA-focused choice board is perfect for supporting independence and encouraging students to practice their reading skills, build reading fluency, and boost reading comprehension.

Guide your students through the process of looking for text evidence and making inferences about the setting in this excerpt from The Secret Garden.

Your students will demonstrate understanding of a short fiction text by answering who, when, what, where, why, and how questions. Use this as an introduction to the vocabulary in the EL Support Lesson: Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions.

Learn all about hurricanes in this earth science Q&A.

After reading a short text, students gain practice making predictions about what will happen next.

Teach your child history, science and reading all at once with this short biography of Marie Curie, a scientist and the first woman to earn a Nobel Prize.

Kindergarten students are becoming more fluent readers each day! Use this decodable story filled with sight words to help them with their reading comprehension and fluency as they read a fun summer story!

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

Practice writing sensory poetry using this fun template that will get students thinking, drawing, and writing.

Learn about Jewish-American baseball player Sandy Koufax, a baseball legend who's considered one of the greatest Jewish-American athletes in history.

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

The classic children's fable "Stone Soup" is all about sharing! Share this story with your young reader to build basic comprehension skills.

Practice those reading skills with the story of "The Three Little Pigs"! This classic tale provides a great starter for reading comprehension.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Help students analyze the words and form of a poem with this fun worksheet.

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

Get an interesting lesson in science along with valuable reading practice with this Gregor Mendel biography worksheet.

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Children learn about Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and civil rights advocate best remembered for her contributions to the women's suffrage movement.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.