Riding the Bus Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Read about a child’s first bus ride and the reassurance of finding a familiar friend. Follow-up questions help students work through the story and its details.
Grades
Grades 1–3
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Aug 14, 2021

Subject
ELA, Reading Comprehension
Topic
First bus ride, Narrative reading
Resource types
Worksheets
Answer key
Included
Standards
RL.2.1

Product description

From the author

This Riding the Bus Reading Comprehension Worksheet is a great way for students to build their reading comprehension skills. The poem is relatable and encourages students to think about their own experiences riding the bus.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Trace a character’s emotional change across an unfamiliar experience

  • Recall explicit setting, relationship, and sequence details

Teaching tips

  • Make a before-and-after feelings chart and identify the event that causes the emotional shift.

Skills covered

  • Character inference — Connect events with changing feelings

  • Reading recall — Retrieve stated experience details

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

What is the main change in the story?

Danny moves from uncertainty about the bus ride toward reassurance after meeting a familiar peer.

No reviews yet

Downloaded this resource? Tell other teachers how it went.

Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RL.2.1

Core concepts

  • First bus ride

  • Emotional change

  • Peer reassurance

Explore more

Categories this resource belongs to

Explore related searches

More to explore

You may also like