Fiction Common Core Comprehension Questions Resources

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

Bring the zoo to your home with this adjective identification worksheet!

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

This worksheet practices story sequencing, an essential reading comprehension skill for first graders.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring characters of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

Practice analyzing characters with this worksheet that features an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Go on a camping adventure as you dive into this reading comprehension worksheet!

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.