Search Printable 6th Grade Common Core Reading Worksheets

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

Explore West Africa's historical gold salt trade with this fascinating reading passage and accompanying set of comprehension questions!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

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

What’s all the buzz about beekeeping? Give students this four-page nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet to find out!

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills. 

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.

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

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

Meet the curious mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi in this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet adapted from the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

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

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Give students an opportunity to learn about William Penn and his contributions to early American history.

Introduce students to the ecological benefits of terracing with this middle grades science worksheet!

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this eighth-grade 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!

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.

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

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.