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2nd - 4th Grade Common Core Comprehension Questions Worksheets

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

Main Idea: Working Dogs

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

Find the Main Idea: Shark

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Learning About the Ocean

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.

Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions

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!

History of Hip Hop Music

Children learn how the internet travels across the ocean through cables to create a giant, global information network in this engaging, hands-on worksheet.

How the Internet Travels Across the Ocean

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

Main Idea of a Story Worksheet

In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.

Chocolate: A Short and Sweet History

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

History of Fireworks

Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.

What is Cause and Effect?

This picture story is all mixed up! Use this worksheet to teach your students how to put plot events in order.

Picture Sequencing

Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts about ea

Compare and Contrast: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day

Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."

The Crab that Played with the Sea

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions

In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.

The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Identify the Author's Purpose

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

Compare and Contrast: Short Stories

Help your child learn the &quot;Wh words,&quot; who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

Wh Questions

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.

Reading Comprehension: The Kitten

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Short and Sweet Summaries

What will you be doing on Saturday? Jamie will be on a fishing boat with her grandpa. Read all about her grandpa&#39;s boat and then answer the questions.

Read and Review: Grandpa's Boat

Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.

Finding the Theme

Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.

Find the Main Idea: The Moon

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.

First Day of School: Cause and Effect

Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template. 

Reading Response Journal

Ask students to read an interesting biography about Dr. Mae Jemison and then answer questions about the text!

Who Is Mae Jemison?

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

Reader’s Theater: Camping in the Cold

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Spiders and Their Webs

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Reading Comprehension:  Pinocchio

Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

Reading for Comprehension: Alexis and the Game Show

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