Here is a collection of high-interest nonfiction articles, fiction stories, readers' theater scripts, and poems, that your students are sure to enjoy. Each passage includes a series of comprehension questions as well as a vocabulary-building activity.
Jake is going on his first plane trip, and he's telling everyone all about it, even his stuffed panda. Will he enjoy flying?
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Joey is dressed up as a superhero and all set to attend a party. Will his costume win first prize? Read the story and write the answers to the comprehension questions.
Chloe and Joey are looking around their backyard. They soon discover that they see things quite differently! Reading comprehension questions, vocabulary words, and a writing prompt are included.
Annie can't fall asleep. Will her nighttime visitors find a way to lull her into sweet dreams - without counting sheep?
Emma wants a new lunch box like her friend, Alice. When Emma doesn't have the money to buy one she improvises!
Does it ever pay to be "chicken"? Find out in this reading comprehension passage about a bunch of barnyard animals and their picnic plans.
Rosie thinks it's too quiet, but when her dad says it's too loud, she learns about all the sounds happening around her. Discover the "noisy silence" Rosie hears in this reading comprehension worksheet.
Grandpa has lost his socks, and Alex and Emma are on the case! Can they solve the mystery of Grandpa's missing socks? Read this fun story to find out!
In this story, Horse waits impatiently while Cow makes him a surprise. Reading comprehension questions about the story include multiple choice, short answer, a vocabulary activity, and a writing prompt.
Rory can hardly wait to read her new favorite book from the school library, but somebody is already reading it! Is the book going to be worth the wait? Reading comprehension questions and vocabulary words included.
Tommy, Clara, and Colin are playing in the snow. Each one of them is building a snowman. Whose will be the tallest?
Jacob and Ruby have lost their dog on a foggy night. Will they be able to find their beloved canine, Coco?
Uh-oh! Rooster has a problem with over-sleeping, and he can't wake up all the other animals! How will the animals wake up in time to start their day on the farm? Story includes comprehension questions, vocabulary words, and a writing prompt.
Rosie loves to hear her dad's bedtime stories. But when Dad gets sick and can't tell her a bedtime story, will they miss story time?
Emma and Alex are looking for pictures in the clouds. They see one that looks like a duck, another that looks like a man with a beard, and a gray one that looks like rain.
Claire and Anna discover that reading can take you on unexpected adventures—even inside the pages of a good book!
Hayley and Ben play a game to see who can fit more items into their coat pockets. Who will win? This is a clever, fall-themed reading comprehension activity with follow-up questions.
Eve's mother is sick of winter. She misses sunshine, birds and flowers. Eve finds a way to give her mom flowers, even with all of the snow.
Lucky the dog is waking everyone up at the crack of dawn. At first everyone resists, but when they finally wake up, they see something amazing outside their front window.
Mia and Alex search the seashore for a treasure chest full of gold. While they don't find gold, they find many other treasures along the beach.
While racing her brother, Nina runs right into a spider web. Nina thinks a monstrous spider has landed on her. Do they find the spider? And who wins the race?
Sammy is having a magical time in the Cayman Islands! Will he have time to fit in all the grand adventures he wants to go on? This reading activity includes comprehension questions and a vocabulary activity.
A girl chases a bat across her backyard and tried to discover where it lives. Students read the story and then complete the check-for-understanding questions.
Emily's animal neighbors enjoy most of her garden harvest, but Emily thinks up a spicy ending to the growing season.
Jimmy discovers a treasure in his own backyard! Students read the story and then complete the check-for-understanding questions.
After riding the Ferris wheel at the county fair, Taylor tries to win a stuffed pony. All she has to do to win the prize is throw a baseball at a bottle and knock it down. Taylor discovers that winning the game is harder than it seems.
Cindy is helping Aunt Lee by collecting chicken eggs. She finds an egg behind a bush that might be old? Is it a good egg or a bad egg? Aunt Lee has a trick that may help find the answer.
Aunt Lee just got more than 100 pets! The dialogue gives clues about what they are. Can you figure it out before Cindy?
Even though they look alike, these twins are very different people. Students will learn to compare and contrast characters.
Emma and her brother Alex are playing Hide-and-Seek. Emma searches for Alex but can't find him anywhere. Where could Alex be?
Mia and Max are determined to help Mrs. Wilson find her missing earring. Are they up to the task? Comprehension questions, writing prompt, and vocabulary words are included. Answer key also included.
Angela is supposed to be helping her family prepare for a backyard picnic when she is distracted by her pet cat.
Several friends earn money by shoveling snow for their neighbors. Read the passage and answer the comprehension questions that follow.
Holi is a holiday from India. People throw colored water at each other for fun on this day. In this story, Sammy gets a phone call from his friend Raj. Raj wants him to come over and wear old clothes. But why?
A family helps each other as they prepare for dinner. Students read the passage and check their understanding by answering the questions that follow.
Jill is a rock collector who is afraid to pick up rocks with bugs on them. Her fearless brother Ben follows her around and makes a collection of his own.
Kate and Will eat lunch together. Will finds an unusual surprise in his lunchbox. Hint: It's black and white and smells like flowers.
Libby is watching her brother Max make cookies. She wants to help, but Max says she's too little. Max soon discovers that Libby really IS a big help in the kitchen.
Find out what happens when a family of four goes into a pet store and cannot agree on the perfect pet.
2nd and 3rd Grades
Grandpa isn't catching any fish down by the seashore. Detectives Emma and Alex are on the case, and they find out what happened to the fish.
2nd through 4th Grades
While they walk home from school, Jake teaches his younger brother Ben a secret for adding big numbers.
Alex and Emma are in the park making things with folded newspaper. First Emma makes two hats. Then she makes some paper airplanes. Then she makes paper boats.
Anna's kite is caught high up in a tree. It's too far for her to climb. How can her kitty help get the kite down?
Anna is preparing to visit her grandma, who lives by the beach. Her kitten helps her choose the best items to pack.
Anna is practicing her yo-yo for the future Olympics. The only problem is: she can't find where her yo-yo, or her kitty, went! This reading comprehension includes comprehension questions, a writing prompt, and vocabulary words.
Where is Kitty? Anna searches for Kitty and finds her tangled up in a ball of yarn. Seeing Kitty like that gives Anna a great idea for a Halloween costume for Kitty!
Anna must go up to the spooky attic to find Kitty. Reading comprehension questions, writing prompt, and vocabulary words are included.
Anna thinks Kitty took her missing puzzle piece. She has to learn a lesson about teamwork before she can complete her puzzle. Reading comprehension questions, a writing prompt, and vocabulary words are included.
Anna tries to earn forty dollars so she can buy a dollhouse. When she find out how difficult it is to earn that much money, she has another idea.
Have you ever hoped to see Santa on Christmas Eve? In this story Anna and Kitty have a plan to catch a glimpse of Santa before he's on to the next house!
This short poem has an important message about friendship. The worksheet has several questions, including a math problem.
Explore the natural world on a scenic nature hike. This poem includes comprehension questions, a writing activity, and a vocabulary page.
Read the poem about summertime, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.
(Approx. grade levels 1-3)
A boy's sister is following him all over the house and chasing him up and down stairs. How will he solve his problem?
Here is a poem about animals and the noises they make. Students will enjoy learning about animal "voices" in this witty poem. This worksheet includes comprehension questions, vocabulary words, and a writing prompt.
On a trip to the beach, the narrator of this poem picks up many pretty seashells. When she gets home, she discovers that they are even more special than she had imagined.
Learn all about the bat with the misleading name with this engaging article. Accessible text and eye-catching photos help students understand key concepts and answer the reading comprehension questions.
Did you know that the Tyrannosaurus Rex is as long as a school bus and as tall as a house? It also had 60 sharp teeth that were as large as bananas.
1st through 3rd Grades
Why and where do bears hibernate? How do they prepare for hibernation? What do they eat in the spring? Learn all this and more, in this nonfiction hibernation article.
A boy gets a dog for his birthday and wonders why the dog's nose is always wet and cold. The boy's dad explains why dogs' noses are wet.
Learn many fascinating facts about skunks! Did you know that skunks are actually very shy? Discover this and much more!
Learn about man's best friend in this short reading comp. Answer questions about mammals and some of dogs' physical traits.
The ostrich lives in Africa, can grow to 9 feet tall, and uses its strong legs to run fast and kick hard. Answer true/false questions and complete a Venn diagram.
With this worksheet, students will read a short passage about owls. Then they will test their understanding of the text by answering four reading comprehension questions.
Can birds be bald when they don't have hair to begin with? Learn about the color-changing characteristics of this popular eagle, then answer five questions.
This short article gives students an overview of what makes a weather event a blizzard. It also includes four reading comprehension questions.
Learn the role the sun plays in the solar system and how Earth benefits from it with this short article and matching questions.
Your students might be amazed to learn that it can be day all night and night all day in some parts of the world! This nonfiction passage explains how day and night are made.
Learn about the five main senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. After reading the short passage, answer the reading comprehension questions.
Young learners can independently read and answer questions about different types of libraries and all sorts of cool things you can use them for.
These four short paragraphs explain the game of soccer. By the end, students will know another name for the game, the shape of the field, gametime rules, a goalie's job, and more.
This passage teaches kids facts about sunflowers, including the neat way that they move to track the sun across the sky! Comes with 3 comprehension questions.
This page has reading passages written at a first grade level.
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