This Justin Bieber Biography Reading Comprehension Worksheet will help your students build their reading comprehension skills while reading a biography about Justin Bieber.
This First President of the United States Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 5th grade readers a two-page biography of George Washington, five questions, and an answer key that makes grading quick.
This Accelerated Reader Log is a great resource for students to keep track of Book Titles, AR levels, AR points, and test score percentage.
This Dirty Canals reading comprehension worksheet gives 6th Grade students a 747 word story across two pages, four multiple choice questions and a written response. An answer key is included.
This Korean New Year Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 5th grade readers a two-page nonfiction passage about Seollal, five questions, and an answer key, so they build stamina and evidence habits at once.
This Korea Reading Comprehension Test Collection gives your student reading passages about Korea to build their reading comprehension skills.
The Magician's Council Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 6th grade students a two-page story about practice and teamwork, with multiple-choice and written questions plus an answer key.
This Meerfus the Magician reading comprehension collection gives upper elementary students twelve connected stories, each with its own questions, plus answer keys for every story at the back.
This group reading activities worksheet helps 2nd grade teachers record how each student asks, answers, shares, and listens during a small reading group, with lines to log the text and genre.
A 6th Grade Harriet Tubman reading comprehension worksheet built on an original two-page story about her service as a Union scout and spy. Six text-evidence questions and a full answer key are included for no-prep practice.
This Sports Time Reading Comprehension Test Collection will help your students build their reading comprehension skills while reading about different sports.
This Meerfus the Magician Returns Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 6th grade readers a two-page story about a stage performer who turns a mistake into success, with five questions and an answer key.
This A Chat with a Dog Trainer Reading Comprehension Worksheet will help your students build their reading comprehension skills while reading an interview with a dog trainer.
Prove it with the text
Sixth grade readers learn to back up what they say with evidence. Kids cite specific lines from the text to support their answers, find the theme or central idea, and write objective summaries. They analyze how a plot unfolds, how characters change, and how an author develops point of view. In nonfiction, they trace an author's argument and check whether the reasons hold up. Vocabulary grows with context clues, Greek and Latin roots and figurative language. The big shift: I think → I think, because the text says…
Sixth graders are ready to think like critics. These moves help them get there.
Play the Context Clues Song at the start of a vocabulary unit. Then give kids a passage with tricky words and have them name which kind of clue helped: a definition, an example or an opposite. The song gives them the vocabulary to explain their thinking.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withContext Clues Song (MP3)SongsOpen it →Read a biography passage and answer a question out loud using a sentence frame: "I know Harriet Tubman was brave because the text says…" Show how to put the quote in quotation marks. Then kids answer the next question the same way.
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).
Try it withHarriet Tubman: Civil War Spy - Reading Comprehension WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Use a nonfiction reading workbook for one short passage each week. Regular practice keeps comprehension skills sharp between units and builds the stamina kids need for longer texts.
Why it works: the brain holds on to what it meets again and again over time; spaced practice was rated among the very best methods (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withHealth and Fitness Reading Comprehension WorkbookWorkbooksOpen it →Sixth graders want reading to feel grown up and a little competitive. These ideas deliver.
ActivitiesA quick trivia challenge where 6th graders show off what they know.
Open Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader Activity →
WorksheetsKids track their reading for a month and set a class goal to celebrate when they reach it.
Open Accelerated Reader Log →
WorksheetsSmall groups read the same text with roles like questioner, summarizer and word finder.
Open Group Reading Activities Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Justin Bieber Biography Reading Comprehension Worksheet, The First President of the United States Reading Comprehension Worksheet and Accelerated Reader Log.
Sixth graders cite text evidence, determine theme and central idea, summarize, analyze plot and character, explain point of view and evaluate an author's argument. They also build vocabulary with context clues and word roots.
It means using exact words or details from the text to support your answer. Instead of just saying a character is kind, a student points to a line that shows the character being kind.
Ask them to explain what they're reading and point to the part that proves it. Encourage both fiction and nonfiction, and talk about news articles together.
Many teachers suggest 20 to 30 minutes of independent reading each day. Letting kids choose books they enjoy helps them stick with it.
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