📖 Reading Comprehension
151 original passages — stories, diaries, letters, notices, interviews and fact texts — each with multiple-choice and open questions, an explanation for every answer and a printable worksheet with an answer key.
Kindergarten (8)1st Grade (7)2nd Grade (26)3rd Grade (30)4th Grade (29)5th Grade (24)6th Grade (9)7th Grade (10)8th Grade (8) Short stories to read
Kindergarten ages 5–6
1st Grade ages 6–7
2nd Grade ages 7–8
3rd Grade ages 8–9
4th Grade ages 9–10
5th Grade ages 10–11
6th Grade ages 11–12
7th Grade ages 12–13
8th Grade ages 13–14
For teachers and parents
Every passage is tagged with a grade and a Common Core reading standard (RL for literature, RI for informational text). Questions practice key details, inference, word meaning, reference words, main idea and author's purpose. Print a worksheet with the "Print" button — turn on "Answer key on printout" to add a key page.
The texts were first written for English learners, so they also suit ESL students; each page shows an approximate CEFR level.