First Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets & Printables

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Show interactive only The Three Little Pigs The Three Little Pigs

Read this charmingly illustrated story of "The Three Little Pigs" then use the finger puppets to retell it!

Kindergarten Reading & Writing Picture Comprehension Interactive Worksheet Picture Comprehension

Picture comprehension is a great intro to reading comprehension! Kids will simply identify what is going on in each picture.

Reading & Writing Interactive Worksheet Main Idea of a Story Interactive Worksheet Main Idea of a Story

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!

Reading & Writing Interactive Worksheet Cause and Effect for Kids Interactive Worksheet Cause and Effect for Kids Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids. Reading & Writing Interactive Worksheet Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions Interactive Worksheet Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions

Help your beginning reader boost her reading comprehension by figuring out what happened next in three different story lines.

Reading & Writing Interactive Worksheet Following Directions Following Directions

Does your little learner have a tough time paying attention? Give him a fun activity where he'll practice following directions in order to solve a riddle.

Reading & Writing What is Cause and Effect? Interactive Worksheet What is Cause and Effect? Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet. Reading & Writing Interactive Worksheet Jack and the Beanstalk Story Sequence Jack and the Beanstalk Story Sequence

Oh no, Jack's beanstalk story is all jumbled up! Cut out the pictures and fix the story sequence to help Jack get his story straight!

Reading & Writing Reading Comprehension: Map That Story! Reading Comprehension: Map That Story!

Help students build key reading comprehension skills by creating a story map for a book that they read. Students practice retelling, identifying characters, and making connections.

Reading & Writing Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map. Reading & Writing Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Template: Main Idea and Details

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Kindergarten Reading & Writing What Will Happen Next? What Will Happen Next?

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

Reading & Writing Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood

Do you remember the story of Little Red Riding Hood? Sit down for story-time with your little reader, and put these mixed-up scenes back in order!

Reading & Writing Paragraph Frame: Summer Vacation Paragraph Frame: Summer Vacation

Help your students retell a simple fictional text using a paragraph frame for support! In this activity, students will read a short story about a family's camping trip and then summarize it by filling in the blanks.

Reading & Writing Story Sequencing Interactive Worksheet Story Sequencing

This worksheet practices story sequencing, an essential reading comprehension skill for first graders.

Reading & Writing Interactive Worksheet Making Inferences With Pictures Making Inferences With Pictures

In this worksheet, learners will refer to illustrations to make inferences about which of two lines of text is true.

Reading & Writing Fact or Opinion? You Decide! Fact or Opinion? You Decide!

Children learn the difference between a fact and an opinion, then decide if each of eight sentences are facts or opinions.

Reading & Writing Complete a Story Map Complete a Story Map

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Reading & Writing Story Elements Map Story Elements Map

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Reading & Writing Garden Power: Predictions Garden Power: Predictions

What happens next? In this worksheet, learners will read a short fictional passage, then write and draw what they think will happen next.

Reading & Writing Making Inferences Interactive Worksheet Making Inferences

Help your child read deeper into a story by having him practice making inferences about what happened.

Reading & Writing Interactive Worksheet The Ugly Duckling Story The Ugly Duckling Story Test comprehension with this fairy tale jumble! Put "The Ugly Duckling" story scenes back in order. Reading & Writing Describe a Character Describe a Character Young readers dip their toes into character analysis with this fun graphic organizer. Reading & Writing Animals Building Homes Animals Building Homes

Every living thing needs a home to survive! Many animals have unique and interesting ways of building their homes.

Stone Soup Story Stone Soup Story

It looks like someone's jumbled up this story! Kids will love putting this Stone Soup story back together, a great reading comprehension exercise.

Reading & Writing Independent Reading Log Independent Reading Log

After independent reading, have students record and reflect. Young readers will demonstrate their ability to summarize and respond to their reading, and a log is a fun way for them to track their progress. Make copies of this log to use again and again!

Reading & Writing The Boy Who Cried Wolf Story The Boy Who Cried Wolf Story

How well do you know your fables? Mix up storytelling time by putting The Boy Who Cried Wolf story back in order!

Reading & Writing Who, What, Where Who, What, Where

What happened in the story? Use this helpful graphic organizer to capture the characters, setting, and important events in a fiction text.

Reading & Writing Sleeping Beauty (and the Prince) Sleeping Beauty (and the Prince)

In this literacy worksheet, learners will read a classic fairy tale, then learn more about another character from the story.

Reading & Writing The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Reading & Writing

First Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets & Printables

Reading comprehension is a crucial skill for all subjects, and these first grade reading comprehension worksheets help little learners build this skill naturally! Explore classic stories to practice essential abilities like logical reasoning, story sequencing, identifying ideas in text, and even growing their vocabulary in our first grade reading comprehension worksheets.

Develop Early Reading Comprehension Skills for a Lifetime of Reading Fulfillment

Reading fluency goes beyond reading words on a page and entails truly understanding and engaging with stories and texts. This level of comprehension and engagement can also make the difference between seeing reading as a chore and developing a lifelong love affair with reading. Whether your first grader is struggling with reading or rolling right along, our reading comprehension worksheets will help your child connect with stories on a whole new level. Using both beloved and original stories, kids can learn sequencing and story elements with cut-and-paste storyboard activities and fairy tale story maps and graphic organizers, practice making inferences and predictions, engage in sharing and retelling by recounting details of favorite stories, and create character puppets or conduct character interviews to bring the stories to life. Take learning beyond the classroom setting by asking questions during and after reading stories with your child, acting out scenes together, or having your child create original illustrations or write their own story endings. For even more reading practice, check out our first grade early literacy concepts worksheets.

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