The Princess and the Pea Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Students read The Princess and the Pea and answer multiple-choice questions about the characters, the queen’s test and the ending.
Grades
Grades 3–5, Elementary
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Jul 28, 2021

Subject
ELA, Reading Comprehension, Reading
Topic
Reading Comprehension, Reading passage
Resource types
Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Answer key
Included
Standards
RL.3.1

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The Princess and the Pea Reading Comprehension Worksheet is a great way to help your students build their reading comprehension skills. By reading about the Princess and the Pea, they will be able to better understand the story and its characters.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Sequence the central events in a traditional tale

  • Explain why a character creates a test

  • Connect the result of the test with the story's resolution

Teaching tips

  • Have learners summarize the test in their own words before opening the question page.

  • Use a cause-and-result organizer to connect the hidden object, the night's experience, and the final decision.

Skills covered

  • Plot comprehension — the search, test, and resolution are linked.

  • Motivation — a character's purpose for arranging the test is interpreted.

  • Cause and effect — the nighttime result drives the ending.

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What kind of questions accompany the story?

Five multiple-choice questions address the tale’s events, character motives and resolution. A labelled answer page follows.

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