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Short Story Reading Comprehension Worksheets

• Beginning Level
• Answers for this series are included at the end of each worksheet.
• "My Friend" - Low Beginning. 3 answer choices. 7 questions. 74 words.
• "My House" - Low Beginning. 3 answer choices. 7 questions. 92 words.
• "Time to..." - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 89 words.
• "My Family" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 6 questions. 90 words.
• "Rainy Day" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 78 words.
• "A Call to the Pool" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 116 words.
• "The Singing Bird" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 96 words.
• "Seeing Stars" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 8 questions. 92 words.
• "I Fly" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 4 questions. 113 words.
• "The Drive" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 120 words.
• "Zach's Animals" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 104 words.
• "Griffin's Talents" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 112 words.
• "A Happy Visitor" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 170 words.
• "An Adventure" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 177 words.
• "Running" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 148 words.
• "Paul Cooks" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 112 words.
• "Bella Hides" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 8 questions. 135 words.
• "First Prize" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 8 questions. 155 words.
• "What Number?" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 154 words.
• "The Interview" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 205 words.
• "Julian's Work" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 194 words.
• "Talia's Special Day" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 204 words.
• "One Hundred Dollars" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 273 words.
• "New Shoes for Maddy" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 223 words.
• "The 20" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 256 words.
• "Big City Noise" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 238 words.
• Intermediate Level
• "By the Water" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 225 words.
• "A Cold Day" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 14 questions. 286 words.
• "Vet Emergency!" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 247 words.
• "Late" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 14 questions. 284 words.
• "The Brenners" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 297 words.
• "Bullied" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 197 words.
• "The New School" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 14 questions. 286 words.
• "The Park" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 297 words.
• "Worth Working For" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 280 words.
• "The Rent Man" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 215 words.
• "Time with Grandpa" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 237 words.
• "The Bus Driver" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 15 questions. 294 words.
• "A Day Like No Other" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 305 words.
• "A Mystery" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 247 words.
• "Just One Touch" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 15 questions. 326 words.
• "Wanga" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 340 words.
• "Ana Finds an Apartment" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 408 words.
• "Guermo's Surprise" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 372 words .
• "Canopy of Nature" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 8 questions. 332 words .
• "Blizzard in Birmingham" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 319 words.
• "A Christmas in March" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 385 words.
• "Bail" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 301 words.
• "Clean Water Act" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 632 words.
• "BB" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 511 words .
• Advanced Level
• "The Mini Problem" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 291 words .
• "Flower Power" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 368 words.
• "Seeing Clearly" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 284 words .
• "Accused" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 285 words.
• "City Girl" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 429 words.
• "Fried" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 235 words.
• "Tattoo" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 350 words.
• "The Transfers" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 381 words.
• "Wild" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 493 words.
• "Scorpion" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 333 words
• "Remains of a Marriage" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 345 words.
• "Museum Hours" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 179 words.
• "Seeing Through" - High Advanced. 5 answer choices. 10 questions. 326 words.
• "Ursula Pugh" - High Advanced. 5 answer choices. 8 questions. 324 words.
• "Dreams" - High Advanced. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 357 words.
• "Tracks" - High Advanced. 5 answer choices. 11 questions. 531 words.
• "Love Train" - High Advanced. 5 answer choices. 12 questions. 646 words.
• "The Storm" - High Advanced. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 407 words.

Informational Passages Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In these reading comprehension worksheets, students are asked questions about information they have read about a specific topic. each passage reads similar to a newspaper of journal article, and provides interesting information about some aspect of history, nature, mechanics, science, art, and more. questions involve critical thinking with a focus on logic and inference..

• Answer Key - This answer key is available but still under development.
• "The Sun" - Low Beginning. 3 questions. Under 50 words.
• "Gas" - Low Beginning. 3 questions. Under 50 words.
• "Music" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 50 words.
• "Birds" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 50 words.
• "The Heart" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 50 words.
• "The Butterfly" - Low Beginning. 5 questions. Under 50 words.
• "Pigs" - Low Beginning. 3 questions. Under 50 words.
• "The Brain" - Low Beginning. 3 questions. Under 50 words.
• "The Ocean" - Low Beginning. 7 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Trees" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Alligators" - Low Beginning. 6 questions. Under 100 words.
• "The Blow-Dryer" - Low Beginning. 5 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Green Grass" - Low Beginning. 6 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Taste" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Bees" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Frogs" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Beds" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Humans" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Fish" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Houses" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Soda Pop" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Tea" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Ice Fishing" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Bears" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Flags" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Leonardo Da Vinci" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words..
• "Tennis" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Dogs" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Money" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Abraham Lincoln" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Corn" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Umbrellas" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Ben Franklin" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Cars" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• Answer Key - This is the answer key for to the intermediate level informational passages.
• "Helicopters" - Low Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Yellowstone National Park" - Low Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Empress of the Blues" - Low Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "The Cactus" - Low Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Space Exploration Voyagers 1 and 2" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Television" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Hibernation and Estivation" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Marco Polo" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Movie Ratings" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Birdsongs" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Counting" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Easter Island" - High Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Mosquitoes" - High Intermediate. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Fingerprints" - High Intermediate. 11 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Mother's Day" - High Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Europe" - High Intermediate. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• Answer Key - This is the answer key for to the advanced level informational passages.
• "Chocolate" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 600 words.
• "Houses Around the World" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Cells" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Soccer" - Low Advanced. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Bathtubs" - Low Advanced. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Pollution" - Low Advanced. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Interstate Highways" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 800 words.
• "The U.S. Census" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 800 words.
• "Sleep" - Low Advanced. 11 questions. Under 800 words.
• "The U.S. Postal Service" - Mid Advanced. 11 questions. Under 800 words.
• "Chemical Elements" - Mid Advanced. 11 questions. Under 800 words.
• "Africa" - Mid Advanced. 11 questions. Under 1000 words.

Technical Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In these reading comprehension worksheets, students are asked questions about the meaning, significance, intention, structure, inference, and vocabulary used in each passage. each passage reads like an encyclopedic or technical journal article. answers for worksheets in this section can be found at the end of each individual worksheet..

• "Water" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 300 words.
• "Paper" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 300 words.
• "The Flu" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Nuts" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "The Sun" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "The White House" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Soap" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Clocks" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "The Robin" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Hybrid Vehicles" - Intermediate level. 4 questions with answers included. Under 500 words.
• "Photography" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 500 words.
• "Biomimetics" - Intermediate level. 4 questions with answers included. Under 700 words.
• "The Great Debates" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Salt" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 700 words.
• "Colony Collapse" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 600 words.
• "Columbian Exchange" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 700 words.
• "Ethanol" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 600 words.
• "Generations" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 600 words.
• "The Hubble Telescope" - Advanced level. 7 questions with answers included. Under 1000 words.
• "Intellegence Augmentation" - Advanced level. 5 questions with answers included. Under 1000 words.

Role Play Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In these reading comprehension worksheets, students can increase their understanding of colloquial and idiomatic expressions and get a feel for conversational english. they also allow several students to participate at the same time - which makes them really fun great for use in school or at home..

• Answer Key - This is the answer key to the role play worksheets.
• "What Time Is It?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "How Are You?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Tie Your Shoes!" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Where Are My Glasses?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "A Cookie" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Where Are My Keys?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "City Life, Country Life" - Beginning Level. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Flu Shot" - Intermediate Level. 5 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Vinegar" - Intermediate Level. 4 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Wait for Me!" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Glasses" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Hungry" - Advanced Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Want to Know a Secret?" - Advanced Level. 8 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Milk and Aesthetics" - Advanced Level. 8 questions. Under 500 words.

Dual Version Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In each of these reading comprehension worksheets, the same story is told, but with two versions: one that is basic, and one that is more advanced. this allows students to make direct comparisons between the advanced version to the more basic one, and makes for a powerful learning experience..

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• "An Overcast Day" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Who Knows My Name?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 200 words.
• "A Call to the Pool" - Beginning Level. 6 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Oh No!" - Beginning Level. 8 questions. Under 300 words.
• "An Adventure" - Beginning Level. 6 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Happy Birthday" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 400 words.
• "My Family" - Beginning Level. 8 questions. Under 300 words.
• "My Family" - Beginning Level. 5 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Driving Directions" - Beginning Level. 6 questions. Under 400 words.
• "A Happy Visitor" - Beginning Level. 7 questions. Under 300 words.
• "The Singing Bird" - Intermediate Level. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Violet Makes a Cake" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "A Visit to the Doctor" - Intermediate Level. 7 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Making Dinner" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "The Market" - Intermediate Level. 10 questions. Under 500 words.
• "Maria Gets Her License" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 500 words.
• "A Paper for School" - Advanced Level. 7 questions. Under 300 words.
• "A Birthday Surprise" - Advanced Level. 7 questions. Under 600 words.
• "Getting a New Job" - Advanced Level. 8 questions. Under 600 words.
• "The Dinner Party" - Advanced Level. 9 questions. Under 600 words.

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Free Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages

• January 2022

Are you always struggling to find quality, leveled reading comprehension passages for your special education students?

Then look no further.  

These worksheets were created to make special the planning process easier for teachers like you! Whether you are planning for your literacy instruction or just need a tool to progress monitor an IEP goal, these worksheets are great.

We have all have been inundated with all the things that we need to plan and differentiate for.  The worksheets do all the work for you which will make your life so much easier!

I have created 225 passages for you and even some FREE worksheets for you to try!  Therefore, that is enough reading comprehension passages to last a whole school year and even summer school!  Keep reading for your FREE passages!

Let me tell you about them!

Do these Reading Comprehension Passages Really work?

Comprehension is really difficult for students in special education. However, having an organized and predictable routine can make such a difference! The more practice that students can get with comprehension, the better chance they have of understanding it.  In other words, all of the worksheets are in the same format so that the students really understand what is expected from them. However, you would love these ones!

What are the different levels for the reading comprehension passages? 

LEVEL EMERGENT (easiest)

• passages are shorter and a bit easier to read (or read by the adult)
• there are only 3 questions
• only works on Who, What, and Where
• visual cues for non-verbal learners
• finding the evidence only works on highlighting specific words
• cut and paste options

LEVEL ONE (easier)

• passages are shorter and a bit easier to read
• multiple-choice questions

LEVEL TWO (harder)

• passages are longer and a bit harder to read
• there are 4 questions
• works on Who, What, Where, and When
• open-ended questions
• finding the evidence needs to go back and read

How to use these passages with my students:

have your students:

• read the passage 3 times
• color the star after each read
• answer the comprehension questions
• find the keywords (if applicable)
• find the evidence (if applicable) 

Similarly, you can also use these as a tool for collecting data for your IEP goals related to comprehension. 

What is included in a Month's Bundle?

One month of reading passages will provide you with 45 passages of reading comprehension practice.  Each worksheet has a short passage, 3-4 WH questions, focusing on Who, What, Where, and When Questions (I have left out the Why as this is a very difficult question and students struggle with this and so I will work on it separately).  Students are asked to read the passage 3 times, answer the questions and go back to find some evidence.  After that, you will have enough for the whole month!

 You will get:

• 3 different levels of each passage
• 15 different passages

What grade level are these passages?

Although these passages do not have a specific level attached to them, I have designed them to be in the first – second-grade ballpark.   Those students who are unable to read the passages will still be able to have the passages read to them and answer the comprehension questions. 

What makes these reading comprehension passages so unique?

The reading comprehension passages are differentiated and so you are able to work with students who can answer open-ended questions, multiple-choice questions, and students who need visual supports all in the same reading group.  You can have a fully-included literacy instruction lesson!  For instance, you can have 3 different grade leveled-students sitting at your reading group using the same passages.  AMAZING!

Another thing that I just couldn't find in other passages, were the visual field of 4 options, and for students who needed that cut and paste option.  However, I could find these types of things in different formats, but I wanted it all in one resource. 

I knew I had to create an emergent level for students well below grade level.  

This specific reading comprehension passage is from my December Bundle , you can grab that here !

What is included in the Year Long Bundle ?

There are 15 different bundles included in this year-long resource:

• January themed
• February themed
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• December themed

And 3 bonus BUNDLES

• Animal themed
• Fantasy-themed
• Science themed

That makes a whopping 225 passages , which is enough for all 12 months of the year!

In addition, if you would like to grab this MASSIVE BUNDLE you can do that HERE !

Are there any passages for secondary students?

Similarly, I am currently working on a real-image-only bundle that would be for secondary students .  Or really any student that would prefer real images to clipart. 

This is something that I am continuously working on this year.  For instance, I am currently creating a few bundles (December and January) but they are taking me a long time to find just the right pictures to use for these passages.  You can find them here!

Okay, I am ready to try these passages out, where are the FREE ones?

In conclusion, I have two free versions for you:

• School themed version this version still only has 2 levels it has not yet been upgraded
• Holiday themed version has 3 levels

Both of these are FREE for you to try!  Each one has 5 passages.

You can also click the image below!

I am a High School, self-contained Autism teacher from Central New York, who is passionate about individualizing student learning. I am a mommy of three, lover of all things Disney, married to my best friend and addicted to chocolate!! I hope that you find great ideas and inspiration here, so welcome!!

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We constructed it this way in order to reduce the amount of pages you need to print. We encourage you to print the version with the answers just once, for your own reference.

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We more strongly encourage you to use these texts online. Other than ecological reasons, practicing reading comprehension online is also much easier to grade, simplifies tracking of progress, adaptive to the level of the specific student, and increases motivation to practice with the students.

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As you know, ABE teachers are unique in that they often have English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers in the same class. They may even have learners who are pre-literate in their home language so they are learning to read for the 1st time in English. ABE teachers also have learners who are adults with undiagnosed learning disabilities. So it’s hard to be specific because ABE instruction entails many different types of learners with a huge spectrum of literacy, education, and skills so there are many different strategies that could apply.

Teaching ABE learners

For ABE learners, have students complete cloze passages. Provide instruction in comprehension strategies, such as using headings and graphics to predict meaning. Teach and model summarizing verbally, skimming, and scanning skills. Assess learners’ reading comprehension by having them read texts and answer comprehension questions about the text in multiple choice or short answers. Have students summarize readings orally and in writing.

Teaching ELLs

For ELLs, find out what students know, need to know, and want to know. Then build on ideas and concepts from learners’ cultures and experiences whenever possible. Select readings on topics they may be familiar with. Pre-teach vocabulary and preview unfamiliar ideas, actions, vocabulary, and settings as well as titles, pictures, graphics, text structure, and even punctuation. Use videos, images, and physical objects to help learners build background knowledge. Assess learner comprehension through short answers, cloze exercises, and summary writing only after pre-teaching vocabulary, previewing cultural contexts, and discussing the text in pairs, small groups, or as a class.

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Below are 10 reading comprehension worksheets and tests that are accurately measured to fit the Adult (ABE) level.

Antonio’s Revenge

Antonio's Revenge

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Cause and effect comprehension, Identifying intent and conclusions, Identifying the main topic and key ideas

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Human Execution: No Such Thing

Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying chronological order, Identifying intent and conclusions.

Facts vs. opinions inference, Cause and effect comprehension, Identifying the main topic and key ideas

Amazon Snakes!

Identifying the main topic and key ideas,Identifying the author’s point of view, lesson or moral.

Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Summarizing.

All the Wonders

Central message, Facts vs. opinions inference, Identifying the main topic and key ideas.

Adult or Puppy

Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Cause and effect comprehension

Not a small problem

Identifying intent and conclusions, Central message, lesson or moral

Managing Her Illness

Central message, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Cause and effect comprehension

Calm on job

Answering questions with evidence, Central message, Identifying the author’s point of view, Summarizing

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• Tetris (Gr. 2-6)
• Seat Belts (Gr. 2-6)
• The Coliseum (Gr. 2-6)
• The Pony Express (Gr. 2-6)
• Wintertime (Gr. 2-6)
• Reading (Gr. 3-7)
• Black Friday (Gr. 3-7)
• Hummingbirds (Gr. 3-7)
• Worst Game Ever? (Gr. 4-8)
• Carnivorous Plants (Gr. 4-8)
• Google (Gr. 4-8)
• Honey Badgers (Gr. 4-8)
• Hyperinflation (Gr. 4-8)
• Koko (Gr. 4-8)
• Mongooses (Gr. 5-9)
• Trampolines (Gr. 5-9)
• Garbage (Gr. 5-9)
• Maginot Line (Gr. 5-9)
• Asian Carp (Gr. 5-9)
• Tale of Two Countries (Gr. 6-10)
• Kevlar (Gr. 7-10)
• Tigers (Gr. 7-11)
• Statue of Liberty (Gr. 8-10)
• Submarines (Gr. 8-12)
• Castles (Gr. 9-13)
• Gutenberg (Gr. 9-13)
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This page contains all of my reading worksheets that were written at a 9th grade reading level. I used this readability scanner to determine the grade level for these worksheets. I recommend looking two grade levels above and below to increase your range.

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Kevlar | Nonfiction Reading Test - Kevlar may be best known for its ability to form clothing that can stop bullets, but its used in a bunch of other products too. Learn more about this miracle fiber and the woman who discovered it in this reading passage. View my readibility scores . Kevlar | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF Kevlar | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF Kevlar | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview Kevlar | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers Kevlar | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

Tigers | Nonfiction Reading Test - Tigers are beautiful, deadly, and vanishing. Learn more about these ferocious felines and answer multiple-choice questions to demonstrate and improve your reading skills. View my readibility scores . Tigers | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF Tigers | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF Tigers | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview Tigers | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers Tigers | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

Idioms Worksheet 5 - This worksheet has another 15 idioms used in context-rich sentences. Students determine the meaning of each idiom based on how it is used. View my readibility scores . Idioms Worksheet 5 | RTF Idioms Worksheet 5 | PDF Idioms Worksheet 5 | Preview Idioms Worksheet 5 | Answers

Poetic Devices Worksheet 3 - This worksheet has 10 snippets taken from classic poems. Each is rich in poetic devices such as alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, and rhythm. Students identify which techniques are being used in each question and then explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Poetic Devices Worksheet 3 | RTF Poetic Devices Worksheet 3 | PDF Poetic Devices Worksheet 3 | Preview Poetic Devices Worksheet 3 | Answers

Poetic Devices Worksheet 4 - This worksheet has five pages and 26 examples of poetry packed with rich language. Students determine whether each example is using alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, and / or rhythm. View my readibility scores . Poetic Devices Worksheet 4 | RTF Poetic Devices Worksheet 4 | PDF Poetic Devices Worksheet 4 | Preview Poetic Devices Worksheet 4 | Answers

Personification Worksheet 7 - This worksheet features 10 more poetic examples of personification. Students identify what is being personified and then explain the human quality or trait that is given. View my readibility scores . Personification Worksheet 7 | RTF Personification Worksheet 7 | PDF Personification Worksheet 7 | Preview Personification Worksheet 7 | Answers

Genre Worksheet 2 - This genre worksheet has 17 short descriptions of different texts. Students identify the genre and subgenre of each text based on details in the descriptions. Then students explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Genre Worksheet 2 | RTF Genre Worksheet 2 | PDF Genre Worksheet 2 | Preview Genre Worksheet 2 | Answers Genre Worksheet 2 | Ereading Worksheet

Genre Worksheet 4 - This worksheet has 9 problems to help students become genre experts. Students read short descriptions of texts and determine the genre and subgenre based on textual details. Then they explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Genre Worksheet 4 | RTF Genre Worksheet 4 | PDF Genre Worksheet 4 | Preview Genre Worksheet 4 | Answers Genre Worksheet 4 | Ereading Worksheet

Genre Worksheet 8 - This worksheet has 8 more descriptions of texts. Students read the descriptions, identify the genre and subgenre of each text, and then explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Genre Worksheet 8 | RTF Genre Worksheet 8 | PDF Genre Worksheet 8 | Preview Genre Worksheet 8 | Answers Genre Worksheet 8 | Ereading Worksheet

Genre and Author's Purpose Worksheet - This worksheet features descriptions of 9 texts. Students determine the genre, subgenre, and author's purpose of each text based on these descriptions. Then students explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Genre and Author's Purpose Worksheet | RTF Genre and Author's Purpose Worksheet | PDF Genre and Author's Purpose Worksheet | Preview Genre and Author's Purpose Worksheet | Answers

Main Idea Worksheet 1 - This worksheet is great for giving students rapid-fire practice with main idea. It has seven problems. Students read a short passage and write the main idea in a single sentence. They also come up with a title for the passage. View my readibility scores . Main Idea Worksheet 1 | RTF Main Idea Worksheet 1 | PDF Main Idea Worksheet 1 | Preview Main Idea Worksheet 1 | Answers Main Idea Worksheet 1 | Ereading Worksheet

Main Idea Worksheet 2 - This worksheets has six more nonfiction passages. Students read each passage, interpret the main idea, and come up with a title for the passage that expresses the main idea. View my readibility scores . Main Idea Worksheet 2 | RTF Main Idea Worksheet 2 | PDF Main Idea Worksheet 2 | Preview Main Idea Worksheet 2 | Answers Main Idea Worksheet 2 | Ereading Worksheet

Main Idea With Robots Worksheet - This worksheet has six passages related to robots. Students read each passage, interpret the main idea of the text, and think of a title that expresses the main idea of each. View my readibility scores . Main Idea With Robots Worksheet | RTF Main Idea With Robots Worksheet | PDF Main Idea With Robots Worksheet | Preview Main Idea With Robots Worksheet | Answers

Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet 1 - This worksheet contains 6 paragraphs about everything from rodeo clowns to machine guns. Students write a sentence explaining the main idea of each paragraph, create a title related to the main idea of the passage, and then create and use a graphic organizer to visually represent the structure of the passage. View my readibility scores . Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet 1 | RTF Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet 1 | PDF Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet 1 | Preview Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet 1 | Answers

Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Amnesia - In this unforgettable worksheet, students read six amnesia-themed passages, explain the main idea of each passage, and create a graphic organizer that visually represent the structure of the text. This is one to remember. View my readibility scores . Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Amnesia | RTF Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Amnesia | PDF Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Amnesia | Preview Main Idea and Text Structure Worksheet | Amnesia | Answers

Summary and Main Idea with Ninjas - Students read four short passages about ninjas. They summarize each paragraph and think of a title that expresses the main idea. View my readibility scores . Summary and Main Idea with Ninjas | RTF Summary and Main Idea with Ninjas | PDF Summary and Main Idea with Ninjas | Preview Summary and Main Idea with Ninjas | Answers

Summarizing Activity about the Lost Colony of Roanoke - Students read a text about the lost colony of Roanoke, the first English colony in America, and summarize each paragraph. There are seven paragraph in this text. View my readibility scores . Summarizing Activity about the Lost Colony of Roanoke | RTF Summarizing Activity about the Lost Colony of Roanoke | PDF Summarizing Activity about the Lost Colony of Roanoke | Preview Summarizing Activity about the Lost Colony of Roanoke | Answers

Text Structure Worksheet | Schooling - This worksheet has 5 paragraphs related to schooling. Students identify the text structure of each and place information from the passages into appropriate graphic organizers. View my readibility scores . Text Structure Worksheet | Schooling | RTF Text Structure Worksheet | Schooling | PDF Text Structure Worksheet | Schooling | Preview Text Structure Worksheet | Schooling | Answers

Text Structure Worksheet | The Revolutionary War - Students read 5 paragraphs about the American Revolutionary War. Students determine the text structure of each passage. Then they create and use graphic organizers to represent important information from each paragraph. View my readibility scores . Text Structure Worksheet | The Revolutionary War | RTF Text Structure Worksheet | The Revolutionary War | PDF Text Structure Worksheet | The Revolutionary War | Preview Text Structure Worksheet | The Revolutionary War | Answers

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Many high school students can’t read. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

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Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.”

But Hackman also has another responsibility: developing students’ literacy skills. She closely reads passages from their textbooks, breaks apart prefixes and suffixes and identifies root words. She dissected the word “intermolecular,” and its prefix, “inter,” connecting it to other words with that same prefix.

Every teacher at her San Diego charter school, Health Sciences High and Middle College , teaches students literacy skills, regardless of the subject. That’s because so many students arrive at the school struggling with basic reading, some scoring at the first- or second-grade level, said Douglas Fisher, a school administrator.

The goal is for high school graduates to attain “reading levels ready for college.”

The school has expected teachers to integrate literacy into their lessons since its 2007 founding. To help them succeed, the school — which last year enrolled about 500 high schoolers , roughly 80% of whom qualified for free or reduced-priced lunch — provides its teachers with daily professional development and coaching on literacy instruction and other topics.

Research suggests that while some students catch up to their peers after one-on-one interventions, a bigger impact may come from embedding reading instruction into other classes, “where these kids spend a majority of their day,” said Jade Wexler, a professor of special education with a focus on adolescent literacy at the University of Maryland.

A handful of school districts and states, including Idaho and Ohio, are starting to explore the approach.

Poor reading skills are a nationwide issue. On the 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress , known as the Nation’s Report Card, nearly 70% of eighth-graders scored below “proficient, ” including 30% who scored below “basic,” roughly the same as California scores.

In the Los Angeles Unified School District, 72% of eighth-graders scored below proficient and 33% below basic in 2022.

“In a typical classroom that’s about 25 kids, that means about 17 are still struggling to comprehend text at the most foundational level,” said Wexler.

That may be due, in part, to larger troubles with literacy instruction. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S. were out of line with evolving research , known as “the science of reading.”

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A wide body of research indicates students need explicit instruction in foundational reading skills, like phonics, in order to be able to recognize and make sense of words on the page. But many schools have also used a rival curriculum called the “whole language” approach, which generally de-emphasizes phonics.

Some high school teachers see the fallout, said Wexler.

“Many students struggle at the secondary level with decoding, typically multisyllabic words, so those longer words that they’re encountering in science text, for example, or in social studies text,” Wexler said. “We also have a lot of our kids that can decode these words at decent levels and with fluency but they still struggle to comprehend the text that they’re reading.”

In recent years, school systems have begun to make changes. Between 2019 and 2022, more than 200 laws to reform reading instruction were enacted in 45 states and the District of Columbia, according to a report by the Albert Shanker Institute.

California passed nine bills related to reading reform in that time, according to the Shanker Institute.

However, a bill to mandate the “science of reading” was tabled during this past legislative session. The California Teachers Assn. opposed the bill, saying it was a “one size fits all approach” that could harm literacy instruction already rooted in the science of reading. Also, the proposal did not meet the needs of English learners.

Some experts and educators worry reading reforms have left older students behind.

Susan B. Neuman, the report’s lead author and an education professor at New York University, said high schools were least affected by the wave of legislation up to 2022.

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“It is mostly targeted on those early grades,” Neuman said. “You could even say that four through sixth grade is left behind a bit.”

Kayla Reist, another author of the Shanker Institute report, said that if states started focusing on high schoolers in reading reform legislation, they would “really have to start talking about teacher preparation programs” and professional development. That’s because many high school teachers finish their training without lessons on how to teach reading, which is typically focused on early grades.

In a 2008 practice guide on improving adolescent literacy, the Institute of Education Sciences, a research institution that is part of the U.S. Department of Education, stated that “many teachers report feeling unprepared to help their students or do not think that teaching reading skills in content-area classes is their responsibility.”

“If you are a science teacher, you want to teach science, you really don’t want to hang out and talk about the academic vocabulary of science,” Neuman said.

While a few states have passed legislation to better prepare teachers of middle and high schoolers in literacy instruction, California is not among them.

In response to questions, the California Department of Education said that a top priority for California Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is an initiative called Reading by Third Grade and Beyond , a plan to ensure all California students learn to read by third grade by 2026.

Wexler, the literacy expert, is researching ways to build a schoolwide literacy model at the secondary level. That might include strategies like the one embraced by Health Sciences High.

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Kimberly Elliot, an instructional coach at the school, said teachers of all subjects are receptive to the literacy training. But the instruction looks different in different classrooms.

“What a close read looks like in a science class might be slightly different than supporting students to break down a mathematics problem,” Elliot said.

While Hackman, the chemistry teacher, spends a lot of class time reading articles, Maggie Fallon, a math teacher, said she primarily supports literacy by teaching students new vocabulary.

“It’s more like figuring out what word equals a mathematical symbol,” Fallon said, explaining that she often asks her students to annotate word problems to derive meaning.

Faiza Omar, who took Hackman’s class last school year as a junior, learned English as a second language and didn’t receive the foundational reading interventions until high school. She said the additional reading review in her main subject classes helped “make sure everyone is on the same page.”

“It gives me understanding of what’s going on,” Omar said.

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Identify Possessive Pronouns in Sentences

Does your student know their possessive pronouns? Find out with this essential grammar worksheet! Students will identify and circle possessive pronouns such as my , your , and their in 12 engaging sentences. A list of possessive pronouns is printed alongside the sentences for learners to reference if they need help. 

This worksheet is suitable for second- and third-grade students learning how to show ownership with pronouns. It builds on students’ existing knowledge and introduces a new category of pronoun. Knowledge of different types of pronouns allows students to clarify ideas and vary their sentences. 

For students who could use more practice with pronoun basics, check out Identify Pronouns in Sentences . Students ready for more of a challenge can try Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Maze .

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