Animal reading comprehension worksheets
Each click picks one of the 14 passages written for this grade. Every sheet comes with its answer key. You don't need to sign up.
An animal passage tells how an animal's body and habits help it live. Answer from the passage, not from what you already know about the animal.
Six grades, four different sets of passages: 2nd and 3rd grade share one, and so do 4th and 5th grade. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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1st grade
First grade animal reading comprehension worksheets: a short true passage about one animal, like a sloth, a seahorse or a hedgehog, and four questions. Every answer is in the passage, so a beginning reader can find it and point to it. Answer key included.
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2nd grade
Second grade animal reading comprehension worksheets: a one-page passage about one animal and how its body helps it survive, such as the axolotl or the giant panda, with five questions. Words like molt are explained in the passage. Answer key included.
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3rd grade Core grade
Each click picks one of the 14 passages written for this grade. Every sheet comes with its answer key. You don't need to sign up.
Third grade animal reading comprehension worksheets pair a one-page passage about an animal, such as a puffin, a horseshoe crab or a salmon, with five questions. Your child works out new words from context and explains why the animal does what it does.
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4th grade
Fourth grade animal reading comprehension worksheets: a full-page passage about one adaptation, like frogs that live through being frozen or beetles that steer by the stars. Five questions follow on the next page, some needing two parts of the passage. Answer key included.
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5th grade
Fifth grade animal reading comprehension worksheets: longer passages about animals and how scientists study them, like the Arctic tern's migration or sea otters and kelp forests. Five questions each ask students to follow causes and effects across paragraphs. Answer key included.
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6th grade
Sixth grade animal reading comprehension worksheets: middle-school passages on animal behavior and the research behind it, such as sharks that live for centuries and seals that nap while diving. Five questions ask for the central idea, the evidence and why the author included a detail.
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