1st grade Nonfiction Comprehension Questions Printable Worksheets

Use this graphic organizer to help students identify and record the main idea and details of a text.

Every living thing needs a home to survive! Many animals have unique and interesting ways of building their homes.

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

Learn all about the interesting world of bats while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

After independent reading, have students record and reflect. Young readers will demonstrate their ability to summarize and respond to their reading, and a log is a fun way for them to track their progress. Make copies of this log to use again and again!

This activity adds a discussion element to nonfiction reading. Use this worksheet to get your students thinking about facts in the books they read.

Help your kindergarten students learn about comparing and contrasting nonfiction texts using this helpful Venn diagram.

Maximize what your students learn from reading nonfiction by having them fill out a KWL chart before and after reading.

Help your students practice their informational reading skills as they learn about leafcutter ants!

This worksheet is a brief introduction to the human rights activist and feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes.

Does your little learner have a tough time paying attention? Give him a fun activity where he'll practice following directions in order to solve a riddle.

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

When reading nonfiction books, it’s important to understand the meaning of related vocabulary words. In this activity, students identify sentences that include key vocabulary. When they're done they'll hold the key to reading success!

Children learn the difference between a fact and an opinion, then decide if each of eight sentences are facts or opinions.

Use this worksheet to give your students confidence in reading nonfiction texts by familiarizing them with visual elements like diagrams, photographs, illustrations, and charts.

Help students prepare for reader’s workshop and practice reading comprehension by sharing about books they’ve read. After taking turns telling a partner all about their chosen books, students will write or draw about what their partner shared.

In this language arts worksheet, students read a nonfiction text then represent what they read by creating a helpful chart.

Set students up for success when reading nonfiction by having them brainstorm what they already know about a topic. Students will use this simple graphic organizer to record things they know and want to know before diving into their book to learn more.

We all want to learn new skills! This worksheet engages students in thinking about what they’d like to learn to do or make, all while learning about nonfiction texts.

This worksheet helps students learn from pictures and captions in nonfiction texts while also answering comprehension questions.

As students begin to read independently, they may have questions about what they read. These questions should be encouraged! Have students record their questions about their reading or any unknown words on this graphic organizer.

Following instructions doesn't have to be boring. Start with a phrase. Then rearrange, add and delete words by following the directions very carefully.

This worksheet teaches students to locate key ideas, provide evidence, and make connections in nonfiction texts.

Have students record questions on sticky notes as they are reading, then they'll compile them all on this helpful worksheet before tracking down and recording their answers.