A New Friend Reading Comprehension Worksheet
The A New Friend Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives first graders a short, friendly story and five questions to practice reading. Grade 1, answer key included — a gentle way to build comprehension and kindness.
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Description
The A New Friend Reading Comprehension Worksheet helps young readers practice reading a short story and answering questions about what they read. Reading comprehension is one of the most important early reading skills, because it teaches children to understand and remember the ideas in a text instead of only saying the words. This first grade reading comprehension worksheet pairs a warm, relatable story about welcoming a new classmate with simple questions that build reading skills and kindness at the same time.
Using the A New Friend Reading Comprehension Worksheet, students read (or listen to) a gentle story about a girl named Mia and a classmate named Sam who chooses to be kind on her first day at a new school. After reading, students fill in the bubble next to the best answer for five comprehension questions. Teachers and parents can use it during guided reading, independent reading time, or a social skills lesson about friendship and including others.
What’s Included
- A one-page illustrated story, “A New Friend”
- Five fill-in-the-bubble comprehension questions
- A complete answer key for quick checking
- A clean, print-ready PDF for home or the classroom
Why This Worksheet Helps
- It builds comprehension by asking students to find the who, where, and why of a story.
- It strengthens independent reading with a short, decodable passage at a first grade level.
- It reinforces positive social skills, showing how a small act of kindness helps someone feel welcome.
Teacher and Parent Ideas
Read the story aloud together first, then have your child reread it on their own before answering. Ask students to point to the exact sentence in the passage that proves each answer. Afterward, talk about a time they welcomed a new friend, or role-play greeting a new classmate. This worksheet also fits nicely into a back-to-school lesson or a character-education unit on friendship.
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