6th Grade Reading Worksheets : Page 2

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

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

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts! 

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from chapters 7–12 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Support students' critical thinking and literacy skills by asking questions as they read the next few chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Support critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, give students this fun artistic assignment as an extension activity! 

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising!

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.