1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions

🎯 Grades 1–2 | Fluency + Comprehension | Text Evidence Practice | 2 Versions Included

Support your students as they build reading fluency, text-based comprehension, and critical thinking with this engaging set of 21 reading comprehension passages—perfectly designed for early elementary learners.

Each passage is presented in two versions to make differentiation easy. Students will not only read the passage multiple times for fluency, but also return to the text to highlight and find evidence—a skill that’s essential for mastering comprehension but especially challenging for young readers.

📦 What’s Included:

• ✅ 21 high-interest reading passages
• ✅ Two differentiated formats of each passage (42 total):
• • Version 1 – Answer questions in complete sentences and highlight evidence in the text
• • Version 2 – Highlight the sentence with the answer and draw a picture that reflects the passage
• ✅ Each passage includes:
• • Fluency tracking (read 3 times, color a star)
• • Text evidence highlighting
• • Comprehension questions
• • Optional drawing activity (Version 2)

✏️ Skills Targeted:

• Reading fluency through repeated readings
• Answering comprehension questions
• Citing text evidence
• Sentence construction (Version 1)
• Visualization and understanding through drawing (Version 2)
• Differentiated practice for emerging and progressing readers

💻 Digital Learning Compatible:

• Can be used with Easel™ by TpT for interactive digital assignments
• Great for 1:1 classrooms, hybrid learning, or at-home practice

👩‍🏫 Perfect For:

• 1st and 2nd Grade classrooms
• Small group instruction
• Reading intervention
• Literacy centers or independent work
• Sub plans or homework packets