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Spring Cleaning Challenge - Reading Comprehension + Answers

Short spring cleaning story about a girl helping her family clean and plant flowers, with five written comprehension questions and an answer key.
Grades
Grades 3–5, Elementary
Pages
2
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Language Development, Holiday & Seasonal, Holidays, Months, Seasons, Spring
Topic
reading, reading comprehension
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Teacher Tools, Assessments, Lesson Plans, Activities, Centers
Preparation
Print ready

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What's inside this resource

Get your students swept up in some serious reading fun with Spring Cleaning Challenge - Reading Comprehension + Answers!

Perfect for 3rd–5th graders, this no-prep activity invites kids into a hilarious and relatable story about the ultimate spring cleaning adventure, because let’s be honest, who doesn’t love finding last year's missing homework under the bed?

Ways to use this resource:

  • Morning work that won’t put students (or you) back to sleep

  • Homework that doesn’t require parental bribes

  • Test prep that feels more like an adventure than an assignment

  • A perfect filler for rainy spring days when recess is canceled (again)

Advantages:

  • Sharpens reading comprehension skills with an engaging, humorous story

  • Sparks classroom discussion about responsibility, organization, and maybe even cleaning their desks (wishful thinking)

  • Crosses off your prep list: just print, hand out, and relax

  • Includes an answer key so you can correct with the speed of a broom sweeping dust bunnies

Pdf file includes 2 pages.

Enjoy!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recall key details from a narrative passage
  • Answer who, what and how questions in writing

Skills covered

  • Reading for detail — answering who, what and how questions about the story

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