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