Grade levels 
 

Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for Kids

 

General Reading Comprehension Passages
Grades 1 and 2
  1. Woodpeckers (NEW)
  2. Bald Eagle
  3. What is a Bank?
  4. Money
  5. Hummingbirds
  6. The Color Green
  7. The United States
  8. Redwood Trees
  9. Penguins
  10. Blue Whale
Grades 3 and up
  1. American Revolution
  2. Buffalo
  3. Butterflies
  4. Christopher Columbus
  5. Crickets
  6. Dallas Cowboys (NEW)
  7. Harriet Tubman (NEW)
  8. Sequoyah
  9. Silk Road

 
Grades 4 and up
  1. Alexander Graham Bell
  2. Amazon Rainforest
  3. Baltimore Oriole
  4. Benjamin Franklin
  5. Boston Tea Party
  6. California Condor
  7. Castles
  8. Cherokees
  9. Christopher Columbus
  10. Civil War
  11. Delaware Colony
  12. Egyptian Pyramids
  13. France
  14. French and Indian War
  15. Galaxies
  16. George Washington
  17. Georgia Colony
  18. Harriet Tubman (NEW)
  19. House of Burgesses
  20. Iroquois
  21. James Madison
  22. Lewis and Clark
  23. Mars
  24. Maryland Colony
  25. Meteors
  26. New Jersey Colony
  27. New York (New Amsterdam) Colony
  28. North Carolina Colony
  29. Peregrine Falcon
  30. Penguins
  31. Pennsylvania Colony
  32. Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius
  33. Ponce de Leon
  34. Reptiles
  35. Rhode Island Colony
  36. Sacagawea (NEW)
  37. Sioux (Lakota)
  38. Sharks
  39. Susan B. Anthony (NEW)
  40. Thomas Jefferson
  41. Trail of Tears
  42. United Kingdom
Grade 5 +
  1. Age of Exploration
  2. Amelia Earhart
  3. American Revolution
  4. Assassination of Abe Lincoln
  5. Arizona Cardinals (NEW)
  6. Atlanta Falcons (NEW)
  7. Baltimore Ravens (NEW)
  8. Babe Ruth
  9. Battles of Lexington & Conc.
  10. Battles in New York City
  11. Battle of Saratoga
  12. Battle of Trenton
  13. Benjamin Franklin
  14. Bill Gates (NEW)
  15. Boston Massacre
  16. Buffalo Bills (NEW)
  17. Carolina Panthers (NEW)
  18. Chicago Bears (NEW)
  19. Constitutional Convention
  20. Civil War
  21. Dallas Cowboys (NEW)
  22. Emancipation Proclamation
  23. Florida Manatee
  24. Fort Ticonderoga
  25. Hank Aaron
  26. History of Popcorn (NEW)
  27. History of Doughnuts (donuts) (NEW)
  28. History of Potato Chips (NEW)
  29. Jackie Robinson
  30. John Hancock
  31. Larry Bird
  32. Legislative Branch
  33. Maya Lin (NEW)
  34. Mary Todd Lincoln
  35. Mickey Mantle
  36. New York Jets (NEW)
  37. Phillis Wheatley (NEW)
  38. Plymouth Colony
  39. San Diego Chargers (NEW)
  40. Seattle Seahawks (NEW)
  41. Siege at Yorktown
  42. Thomas Edison
  43. Tim Berners-Lee (Creator of the World Wide Web) (NEW)
  44. Thomas Paine & Common Sense
  45. War of 1812
  46. Washington Redskins(NEW)
  47. Winter at Valley Forge

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