Grade 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheets | Free & Printable

Reading —Sunny and the Missing Pencil

This worksheet is a great way to practice reading comprehension and fluency. Students will read the ...

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The Rainbow Poem

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Reading—The Airport

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Fiction vs Nonfiction Texts — Dentists

This worksheet on dentists is a great way to test to see if your class knows the difference between ...

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Fiction vs Nonfiction Texts — Tigers

This worksheet on tigers is a great way to test to see if your class knows the difference between fi...

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Baking Cookies —Analyzing Key Details

This short fiction story is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the te...

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Short Story on Birds

This short story about a girl and her bird feeder is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. S...

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Reading Comprehension— Reese & Cece

This short fiction story is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the te...

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Bubbles—Rhyming Poem

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The Weather

This reading passage on sunny day will enhance and test the reading comprehension skills of Grade 1 ...

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Baxter and the Vanishing Veggies

Baxter investigates disappearing vegetables from Emma's garden and collects clues leading to Marshma...

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The Pumpkin That Wouldn't Smile

In Old Farmer Joe's pumpkin patch, one pumpkin named Grumpy refuses to smile, no matter how Joe carv...

The Haunted Cookie Jar

In the mysterious Spooky Sweet Shop, a magical cookie jar that no one can open becomes the center of...

The Upside-Down Vampire

Vinnie the Vampire, residing in a spooky old castle, faces a unique challenge every Halloween - he's...

The Sneaky Skeleton's Sweet Surprise

Bony Bob, the hungriest skeleton in town, faces a unique Halloween challenge - he has an uncontrolla...

Winnie's Wacky Witch Brew

Winnie the Witch, residing in a colorful cottage at the edge of Whimsical Woods, annually brews a sp...

Emma's Kite Day

This engaging story captures the thrill of kite-flying on a windy day. Sisters Emma and May head to ...

Lily and Her Busy Day

This short story introduces young learners to the concepts of motion and forces, specifically rollin...

Moving Boxes

This passage aligns with NGSS K-PS2-1 by demonstrating how different strengths of pushes affect obje...

Hungry Organisms

This educational passage addresses NGSS K-LS1-1 by comparing plant and animal survival needs through...

The Marble Race

This passage addresses NGSS K-PS2-2 through a simple engineering investigation with marbles. Student...

School Garden Fix

This passage shows how systematic observation and measurement help identify problems. Students learn...

Better Bins

This passage demonstrates how students communicate design ideas through drawings and models. Student...

Rain Shelter

This passage explores how students use drawings and models to share design ideas. Students learn to ...

Farm Machines

This passage explores how agricultural technology aids food production. Students learn how machines ...

Building Tools

This passage demonstrates how construction technology aids building projects. Students learn how dif...

The Foggy Morning Mystery

This intriguing story follows Emma and May as they venture into a fog-covered world. Emma explains t...

How Things Move

This passage introduces kindergarteners to the basics of motion and forces, aligned with NGSS Standa...

Rolling and Sliding

This passage focuses on helping kindergarten students understand the differences between rolling and...

Mole's Garden

This passage addresses NGSS K-ESS2-2 by showing how moles unintentionally create beneficial environm...

Ms. Park’s Garden Cleaners

This passage introduces ESS3.C concepts through practical garden activities. Students learn how dail...

Bird Visits

This passage explores pattern recognition through bird watching activities. Students learn to identi...

How Worms, Bees, and Ladybugs Help the Garden

This passage demonstrates how garden organisms form an interconnected system. Students learn how dif...

The Weather Station

This passage explores how different weather measurement tools form a complete system. Students learn...

Ant Colony Home

This passage demonstrates how ant colonies function as a system through division of labor. Students ...

Weather Warning

This passage demonstrates how weather scientists help communities prepare for severe weather. Studen...

Desert Storms

This passage explores how different regions face specific weather challenges and how communities use...

Saving Energy

This passage demonstrates how daily choices affect the environment. Students learn about simple acti...

Tree Home Layers

This passage explores how tree habitats function as multilayered systems. Students learn how differe...

School Lunch Team

This passage demonstrates how human systems require cooperation. Students learn how different roles ...

Weather Tools Help

This passage demonstrates how weather monitoring technology helps protect communities. Students lear...

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Observing Sunlight and Heat

This reading passage introduces children to the concept of how sunlight affects Earth’s surfaces. Us...

The Hot Playground

This passage explores NGSS K-PS3-1 through familiar playground experiences. Students observe how sun...

The Sun Shelter

This passage addresses NGSS K-PS3-2 through a practical experiment with sun shelters. Students learn...

Maria's Cool Shade Idea

This passage supports NGSS K-PS3-2 learning by showing how simple structures can protect plants from...

Beaver The Builder Animals

This passage explores NGSS K-ESS2-2 through examples of animals modifying their environment. Student...

Ms. Chen’s Class Tracks the Weather

This passage supports ESS2.D learning by showing how students can track and measure weather conditio...

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Reading Foundation

Reading Informational Text

Reading Literature

Vocabulary Development

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CCSS ELA Standards

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