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Free 6th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

3 free reading comprehension resources for 6th Grade: 3 worksheets. Answers included.

Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. 6th grade consolidates primary math: operations with fractions and decimals, percentages, integers, order of operations and probability.

Students will practice: following plot clues to understand a twist; inferring characters' thoughts and feelings; analyzing how an author builds suspense; writing in role from a character's point of view; identifying cause and effect in a history text; sequencing historical events; drawing conclusions from evidence; writing an explanatory paragraph.

Recommended learning path

  1. 1The Bottle — Reading Comprehension
  2. 2The Longhorn and the Cattle Drives — Reading Comprehension
  3. 3Bessie Coleman Biography — Reading Comprehension

Comprehension Exercises

A passage with questions.

  • Comprehension Exercise

    The Bottle — Reading Comprehension

    After a storm, Lena finds a message in a bottle on the beach, and the address inside is one she knows very well. Students track the clues,…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    14 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Comprehension Exercise

    The Longhorn and the Cattle Drives — Reading Comprehension

    A history text about the Texas longhorn and the great cattle drives that followed the Civil War, when cowboys moved huge herds north on…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    35 min
    Questions
    14 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Comprehension Exercise

    Bessie Coleman Biography — Reading Comprehension

    A biography of Bessie Coleman, who was born in Texas in 1892 and became the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license, after…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    16 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

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Common questions

What do 6th Grade students learn about reading comprehension?

Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. At 6th Grade, our resources focus on: following plot clues to understand a twist; inferring characters' thoughts and feelings; analyzing how an author builds suspense; writing in role from a character's point of view.

Where should we start?

Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
  2. Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
  3. Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
  4. Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.

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