Kindergarten to 5th grade Β· 30 worksheets Β· free printable PDFs with answer keys

Free reading worksheets by grade, K-5

These free reading worksheets cover kindergarten through 5th grade on one page, sorted by grade. Each sheet practices one skill, from letter sounds and vowel teams in the early grades to inference, theme and point of view in 4th and 5th, and links to its PDF and to a guide for parents on the same skill.

The questions come from the reading practice in the Tutorsaurus app. Only questions that still work on paper go on a sheet: a question the app reads aloud to test listening, or one that asks the child to tap a picture, is left out, because on paper it would give the answer away or lose its picture.

Kindergarten reading worksheets (2 worksheets)

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1st grade reading worksheets (5 worksheets)

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2nd grade reading worksheets (5 worksheets)

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3rd grade reading worksheets (6 worksheets)

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4th grade reading worksheets (6 worksheets)

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5th grade reading worksheets (6 worksheets)

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What is in each PDF

Each worksheet prints in black and white on US Letter paper: 8 to 12 questions on one skill, easier ones first, with room for a name and date, and an answer key on the last page. A sheet with a reading passage prints the passage once, above the questions that go with it, and can run to a second page of questions. Free to print, no sign-up.

How to use these worksheets

Start with your child’s grade and read down the list. The description beside each sheet says what it asks, so you can match it to what the class is reading or to a homework page that was hard. Grades are a rough guide: a strong reader may be ready for the next grade’s story sheets while still working on spelling patterns, and that is normal.

On a sheet with a passage, let your child read the whole passage first, before looking at the questions. Then have them go back and find the sentence that answers each one. Pointing to the words in the text matters more than the letter they circle, and it is a habit worth building early.

Younger children can do a phonics sheet with you reading the directions aloud. The words in the questions are the practice, not the instructions, so help with anything that is not the point of the sheet.

If a sheet goes badly, open the guide linked under it. It explains the skill in plain English, lists the mistakes children usually make, and has five free questions to try on a screen.

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