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FREE Reading Comprehension Printable Worksheets for Kids

These printables are two-page ./pdfs. The first page is a relevant reading comprehension passage about a topic of interest. The second page is a list of eight or ten multiple choice questions for the passage designed to mirror those that might be found on state mandated standardized tests. Answer sheets are also available.
Printable Reading Comprehension | Answers
Choose a Grade Level: Grades 3 and up | Grades 4 and up | Grades 5 and up
Grade 3 and up
  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. Buffalo of the Great Plains
  3. Butterflies
  4. Dallas Cowboys (NEW)
  5. Christopher Columbus
  6. Crickets
  7. Harriet Tubman (NEW)
  8. Silk Road
Grade 4 +
  1. Amazon Rainforest
  2. Belle Boyd – A Confederate spy
  3. Christoper Columbus
  4. Connecticut Colony
  5. George Washington
  6. Georgia Colony
  7. Harriet Tubman (NEW!)
  8. Jacques Cartier
  9. James Madison
  10. Jupiter (NEW!)
  11. Loggerhead Sea Turtle
  12. Maryland Colony
  13. Massachusetts Colony
  14. Mexico
  15. New Jersey Colony
  16. North Carolina Colony
  17. Penguins
  18. Pennsylvania Colony
  19. Robert Sieur de la Salle
  20. Sacagawea (NEW!)
  21. Sharks
  22. Susan B. Anthony (NEW!)
  23. Venus (NEW!)
Grades 5 and up
  1. Abe Lincoln’s Childhood
  2. Abe Lincoln (Middle Years 1)
  3. Abe Lincoln (Middle Years 2)
  4. Abe Lincoln (Middle Years 3)
  5. Abe Lincoln (President 1)
  6. Abe Lincoln (President 2)
  7. Abe Lincoln (President 3)
  8. Abe Lincoln (President 4)
  9. Age of Exploration
  10. Battle of Fort Sumter
  11. Battle of the Ironclads
  12. Battles of Lexington and Concord
  13. Battles in New York City
  14. Battle of Saratoga
  15. Battle of Shiloh Church
  16. Battle of Trenton
  17. Benedict Arnold
  18. Boston Massacre
  19. Boston Tea Party & Intolerable Act
  20. Christopher Columbus
  21. Civil War
  22. Dallas Cowboys (NEW)
  23. Declaration of Independence
  24. First Battle of Bull Run
  25. Fort Ticonderoga
  26. Jackie Robinson
  27. Jamestown (Virginia Colony 1)
  28. Jamestown (Virginia Colony 2)
  29. Jamestown (Virginia Colony 3)
  30. John Hancock
  31. Plymouth Colony
  32. Rhode Island Colony
  33. Siege at Yorktown
  34. South Carolina Colony
  35. Thomas Jefferson
  36. Thomas Paine & Common Sense
  37. Winter at Valley Forge

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