5 free reading comprehension resources for Kindergarten / Foundation: 5 worksheets. Answers included.
Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. In Kindergarten / Foundation, children build the foundations: recognising and writing numbers to 20, counting objects, simple adding and taking away, naming shapes, and in English, letter sounds, early sight words, tracing letters and listening to and retelling stories.
Students will practise: reading a short decodable story; finding answers in the text; deciding if a sentence matches the story; drawing a picture and adding word labels; putting story events in order; thinking about how a character feels; working out what a word means; reading short riddles.
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Children read one short sentence at a time, such as The fish is in the tank, and answer a who, what or where question about it. Then they…
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A tiny five-sentence story about Sam and his dog, Jet, playing ball at the park. The words are short and easy to sound out, so children…
A short, easy-to-sound-out story about Pip, who looks for a lost hen on the farm. Children answer simple questions about the story, number…
Three tiny riddles in short, simple sentences. Children read the clues, work out which animal is talking and check their answers against…
Children read short questions like Can a fish swim? and circle yes or no, then read a five-line story about Ben and his cat, Kit, and…
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Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. At Kindergarten / Foundation, our resources focus on: reading a short decodable story; finding answers in the text; deciding if a sentence matches the story; drawing a picture and adding word labels.
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.
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