Sports Reading Comprehension Worksheets for 3rd - 4th Grade
About This Product
•• 7 Inspiring Stories for Sports Enthusiasts ••
This unique collection of sports stores will motivate reluctant readers and will encourage reading fluency and comprehension. The 1-page stories are clearly written, printable, and include questions to test comprehension and close reading skills. Covering topics from basketball-playing sea otters to ancient Greek Olympic rockstars, these reading passages are sure to inspire all readers.
Although targeted to a 3rd or 4th grade reading level, this ready-to-use 24-page collection of stories is appropriate for learners of any age.
The stories are:
Eddie the Sea Otter Plays Basketball
The Lucky Underwear
Who is Tom Longboat?
Bobsledding Jamaican Style
Ancient Greek Olympic Idols
The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth
The Medals of Eternal Friendship
This resource addresses the following 3rd and 4th grade ELA standards:
CCSSRI.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSSRI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSSRF.3.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSSRF.4.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSSCCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
What's Included
23 pages in PDF format that are easily printable to share for offline use. Each of the 7 sports-theme reading passages is followed by a page of questions and an answer key.