Reading Comprehension: Develop Key Skills!

Grade 1-5 Free Reading Passages

Improve your child's reading comprehension skills with these simple strategies and passages and learn how to unlock the power of reading. Help to unlock your child's reading potential with our tips and tricks for K-gr.2 reading comprehension.

If you are teaching reading comprehension to an early learner between 5 and 7 years old or to a Kindergarten - 2nd grade level. The following skills need to be taught with each reading passage. Each time you work with a reading comprehension passage with your students, focus on:

1. Phonemic awareness: The ability to identify, blend, and segment the individual sounds (phonemes) in words.

2. Phonics: Understanding the relationship between sounds and letters and the ability to use these relationships to read and spell words.

3. Vocabulary development: Acquiring a thorough understanding of the meanings of words and phrases.

4. Fluency: Reading with accuracy and speed.

5. Text comprehension: Understanding the meaning and structure of written passages and being able to make connections between the text and prior knowledge.

6. Critical thinking and problem solving: Using higher-order thinking skills to analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions.

All the reading passages are free and come with questions and suggestions for higher level thinking.