5 free reading comprehension resources for 1st Grade: 5 worksheets. Answers included.
Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. 1st grade students count, order and add numbers to 20 and beyond, start to use place value (tens and ones), tell o'clock and half-past time and recognize coins.
Students will practice: reading a short story for meaning; finding answers in the text; making simple inferences about feelings; working out word meanings from context; finding facts in a short information text; deciding if a sentence is true or false; working out word meanings from the text; writing one fact in a sentence.
A passage with questions.
A short, friendly story about a windy day at the beach, followed by questions that check what happened, why it happened and what some…
A very short information text about the bats that live under a bridge in Austin, Texas, and fly out at sunset to catch insects. Children…
A very short recount in which a child tells about a family trip to a Texas rodeo, in order from morning to night. Children find facts, put…
An original three-part story about Tess, who plants a seed and waits for it to grow. Children number the events 1, 2 and 3, answer…
A short original story about Max flying a new kite on a windy hill. Children learn that who asks about a person or animal, what asks about…
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Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. At 1st Grade, our resources focus on: reading a short story for meaning; finding answers in the text; making simple inferences about feelings; working out word meanings from context.
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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