Short U Phonics Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions

Looking for no prep reading? This is a short reading comprehension passage for Short Vowel U. The activity offers the students in First grade or kindergarten the opportunity to practice their phonics, fluency in reading, and understanding passages. These worksheets require NO PREP AT ALL!!. This is also an excellent option for emerging readers as well.

Sometimes it is so hard to keep kids engaged/motivated during their reading time or reading assignments, so I designed these worksheets specifically with this issue in mind. I created visual graphic aids for each of my sentences to help the kids feel related to what they are reading (**which I have learned it also helps develop their creativity skills and their imagination as well**). The feedback I received with the graphic aids were very positive. Kids feel encouraged to ask more question and become more involved of what they are reading because the visual graphic aid helps draw them into the story. Many kids like to color the pictures after they are done with the reading because they feel connected and proud of what they have done.

The first section of our worksheet will help the kids practice their basic short vowels. Each of our passages in the stories are short/precise and accompanied by cute characters to help maintain the kid’s attention and engagement.

** I keep each passage on point with pictures to help tell the story of each sentence because I have noticed that my kids are tired of reading long stories with only 1 picture on the page to relate to**

The second part is a basic multiple choice questions to help you see the kids’ skills of comprehension of the passage they have read. This section will help you identify whether your kids have any trouble with understanding of the stories.

For the third part, I know how important it is for my kids to feel a sense of accomplishment so in this part of the activity I set up a fun, quick, and easy matching activity to bring the completion to the worksheets.

This activity is absolutely spot on even for kids that struggle with reading or maintaining their attention during reading time.

As a teacher I know we have a limited amount of time in our schedules but we want to provide the kids with the best material we could offer. When I created these worksheets I used my experiences teaching the little ones along with trying to think like they do and put myself in their shoes of what will help them, get them involved and feel engaged while reading.

There are 5 stories included in this set along with answer sheets.