Reading Comprehension Strategies Printable Worksheets

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

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

This main idea worksheet guides your child through reading comprehension practice. Download today to get started!

Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.

Test your Seuss know-how with this fun matching game: which Seuss character on the left matches the description on the right?

In this worksheet, children discover what plastic is, how it is manufactured, as well as its history and about attempts to reduce plastic waste.

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

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

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this nonfiction comprehension worksheet to help second and third graders learn all about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

Help your beginning reader boost her reading comprehension by figuring out what happened next in three different story lines.

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

The Underground Railroad helped thousands of enslaved Americans find freedom. In this worksheet, your student will learn about this historic network.

Use the worksheet The Star: Mae Jemison to help learners understand the format of biographies while reading more about an important African American figure.

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.