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Reading Comprehension Workbooks

23 reading comprehension workbooks. Teacher favorites: Alphabet Reading Comprehension Workbook and Sight Words Reading Comprehension Workbook. How teachers use these

Reading Comprehension Workbooks

23 reading comprehension workbooks. Teacher favorites: Alphabet Reading Comprehension Workbook and Sight Words Reading Comprehension Workbook. How teachers use these

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WorkbookPreschoolAlphabet Reading Comprehension Workbook

Use Alphabet Reading Comprehension Workbook to build student reading comprehension skills using the Alphabet Stories.

PreschoolPhonicsAlphabetAssessments
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WorkbookPreschoolSight Words Reading Comprehension Workbook

Using this Sight Words Reading Comprehension Workbook, students build their reading comprehension and phonics skills while reading sight words.

PreschoolReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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WorkbookKindergartenCharacter Reading Comprehension Workbook

UsingCharacter Reading Comprehension Workbook, students can have all of the passages about different character traits all in one workbook.

KindergartenReadingBack to SchoolAssessments
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WorkbookKindergartenHolidays Reading Comprehension Workbook

This Holidays Reading Comprehension Workbook is a fun way to teach your kids about the Holidays while learning reading comprehension skills, literacy, and test-taking skills.

KindergartenHolidaysBack to SchoolAssessments
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Workbook3rd GradeFlorida FAST 3rd Grade Reading Practice Test Workbook

A Florida FAST 3rd grade reading practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 13 benchmarks, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.

3rd GradeReadingInformational TextTest Prep
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Workbook4th GradeFlorida FAST 4th Grade Reading Practice Test Workbook

A Florida FAST 4th grade reading practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 13 benchmarks, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.

4th GradeReadingInformational TextTest Prep
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WorkbookPreschoolLife Science Reading Comprehension Workbook

UsingCharacter Reading Comprehension Workbook, students can have all of the passages about different life science topics all in one workbook.

PreschoolReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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WorkbookPreschoolConsonant Sounds Reading Comprehension Workbook

Using Consonant Sounds Reading Comprehension Workbook, students can have all of the passages about different consonant sounds all in one workbook.

PreschoolPhonicsAlphabetAssessments
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WorkbookPreschoolVowel Sounds Reading Comprehension Workbook

Using this Vowel Sounds Reading Comprehension Workbook, you can have all of the passages about different vowel sounds all in one place.

PreschoolPhonicsAlphabetAssessments
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Workbook1st GradeFirst Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1

First Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1 includes fifty of our premium First Grade level reading comprehension stories, test questions, and progress reports.

1st GradeReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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Workbook3rd GradeThird Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1

Third Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1 includes fifty of our premium Third Grade level reading comprehension stories, test questions, and progress reports.

3rd GradeReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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Workbook3rd GradeSmarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 3rd Grade ELA Practice Test Workbook

A Smarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 3rd grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 24 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.

3rd GradeEnglishExpository WritingTest Prep
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WorkbookPreschoolKindergarten Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1

Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1 includes fifty of our premium Kindergarten level reading comprehension stories, test questions, and progress reports.

PreschoolReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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Workbook5th GradeFifth Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1

Fifth Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1 includes fifty of our premium Fifth Grade level reading comprehension stories, test questions, and progress reports.

5th GradeReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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Workbook2nd GradeHealth and Fitness Reading Comprehension Workbook

Health & Fitness Reading Comprehension Workbook includes 38 Phonics-themed Stories. 5 test questions per story. Progress Reports.

2nd GradeReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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Workbook2nd GradeSecond Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 2

This Second Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 2 includes fifty of our premium Second Grade level reading comprehension stories, test questions, and progress reports.

2nd GradeReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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Workbook5th GradeSmarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 5th Grade ELA Practice Test Workbook

A Smarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 5th grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 24 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.

5th GradeEnglishExpository WritingTest Prep
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Workbook2nd GradeSecond Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 3

This Second Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 3 includes fifty of our premium Second Grade level reading comprehension stories, test questions, and progress reports.

2nd GradeReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
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Workbook3rd GradeNew Jersey NJSLA-A 3rd Grade ELA Practice Test Workbook

A NJSLA-A 3rd grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 19 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.

3rd GradeEnglishExpository WritingTest Prep
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Workbook4th GradeFourth Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1

Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook Volume 1 includes fifty of our premium Fourth Grade level reading comprehension stories, test questions, and progress reports.

4th GradeReadingReading ComprehensionAssessments
From our teachers' playbook

Reading is thinking, and kids can do it!

What do kids learn about reading comprehension?

Reading comprehension is understanding what you read, not just saying the words. Young readers start by retelling a story and naming the characters, setting and big events. In 2nd and 3rd grade they find the main idea, put events in order, and spot cause and effect. Older readers summarize, make inferences and figure out a story's theme. The click comes when kids learn to prove it: "I know Sam was nervous because the story says his hands were shaking."

Our favorite ways to build reading comprehension

Good readers think while they read. These moves teach kids to do that on purpose.

Think out loud

Read a passage like Nervous about Third Grade to the class and stop to say what you're thinking: "Hmm, she keeps checking the clock. I bet she's worried." Kids hear how a strong reader makes guesses and checks them. Then they try it with a partner on the next paragraph.

Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).

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Prove it with the text

After reading All About Autumn, kids answer each question and underline the sentence that proves their answer. No underline, no credit! It stops guessing and trains kids to go back into the text.

Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Switch between stories and facts

Alternate a fiction passage one day with a nonfiction one like Learning about Mammals the next. Kids have to shift how they read: following characters in one, hunting for facts in the other. That flexibility is what tests and real life ask for.

Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).

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Make it feel like play

Comprehension practice can feel like a game, not a test.

Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension GameGames

Thanksgiving story challenge

Kids read short holiday passages and race to answer the questions in a fun game format.

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Beach day read

Read A Day at the Beach, then have kids draw the three most important things that happened, in order.

Open A Day at the Beach Reading Comprehension Worksheet →What Food is This Reading Comprehension WorksheetWorksheets

Mystery food

Kids read the clues and guess the food before they reach the end. Inference in disguise!

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What's on this page

23 Workbooks

Teacher favorites right now: Alphabet Reading Comprehension Workbook, Sight Words Reading Comprehension Workbook and Character Reading Comprehension Workbook.

Questions parents and teachers ask about reading comprehension

What is reading comprehension?

It is the ability to understand, remember and think about what you read. A child with strong comprehension can retell a story, answer questions about it and explain their answers using the text.

How can I improve my child's reading comprehension?

Read together and talk about it. Ask "What happened first?", "Why do you think she did that?" and "How do you know?" Short, regular conversations about books build comprehension faster than extra worksheets alone.

Why can my child read the words but not understand them?

Some kids put so much effort into decoding that there is nothing left for meaning. Rereading the same passage, building vocabulary and stopping to talk after each page all help free up attention for understanding.

What are the main reading comprehension skills?

Retelling, sequencing, finding the main idea and details, cause and effect, making inferences, comparing texts and identifying the author's purpose. Kids build them step by step from kindergarten through 5th grade.

Are these reading comprehension worksheets printable?

Yes. Each worksheet has a short passage and questions you can print for class, homework or centers, and many include an answer key.

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Reading Comprehension ResourcesReading Resources

Written by the Have Fun Teaching team of elementary teachers and homeschoolers. Research: Pearson, P. D., & Gallagher, M. C. (1983). The instruction of reading comprehension. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8(3). Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving Students' Learning With Effective Learning Techniques. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1). Rohrer, D., & Taylor, K. (2007). The shuffling of mathematics problems improves learning. Instructional Science, 35(6).