Reading Passages Teaching Resources
Explore reading passages ready to be used in your primary classroom to assess your students' comprehension skills and build their confidence as readers!
Created by teachers for teachers, each reading passage in this extensive collection has been designed to enhance student comprehension skills and build understanding. This collection of Australian English curriculum-aligned comprehension passages was created by the teachers on the Teach Starter team, and each has undergone a review by an expert on our team to ensure it’s ready for your classroom.
Not sure where to begin? Here’s a quick primer from our teacher team to help you get the most out of this teacher tool!
What Are Reading Passages?
Reading passages are a set of written texts that are typically used for reading comprehension exercises and assessments. They can come in various forms, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama. They are used to provide a text for students to read and analyse and are often accompanied by questions or tasks to assess comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and other language skills.
How to Use Reading Passages in the Classroom
This collection of short reading passages can be used for a variety of needs, including:
- Practising reading fluency
- Provide students with practise in reading comprehension and critical thinking skills
- Measuring students’ reading level
- Exposing students to different genres, authors and writing styles
Best of all? Teach Starter's reading passages have been developed so they can be used for individual or group activities.
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Movie Versus Book Popcorn and Drink Review - Template
Templates that students can compare and review a movie and a book with the same title, then construct them into a 3D popcorn box and movie drink cup.
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The Park - Comprehension
A comprehension activity using poetry.
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Exploring Poetry Worksheet - Context, Purpose and Audience
A worksheet to help students understand context, purpose and audience in poetry.
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Comprehension - Tropical Cyclones
A comprehension activity about tropical cyclones.
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Christmas in Japan - Holidays Around the World Mini Book
Introduce your students to Japanese Christmas traditions and decorations with a printable Christmas in Japan Mini Book.
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Halloween Printables - Read and Draw Worksheet
Practise comprehension skills with an exciting Halloween reading comprehension worksheet for year 4.
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All About Bats Mini Book
Go batty for informational text with a printable bat book for early readers.
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What's My Pet? – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Foundation magazine (Issue 2).
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The History of Codes - Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the history and development of Morse code with a comprehension worksheet.
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Earth Day Comprehension and Cloze Worksheets
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
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Remembrance Day Comprehension Worksheet
Explain Remembrance Day history and traditions to your students with a printable cloze reading passage and comprehension questions.
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My Pop! - Read and Respond Worksheet
A cute narrative with accompanying worksheet.
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5 Fun Facts About Ants - Read and Respond Worksheet
A '5 fun facts ...' information sheet and worksheet.
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A Colourful World (Poem) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a poem from the Foundation magazine (Issue 2).
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10 Fascinating Facts About Burano – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
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Figurative Language Flip Book
A flip book template for students to identify examples of figurative language.
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Where Is My Hat? – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Foundation magazine (Issue 1).
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Search-a-Rooney 2 – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a image stimulus poster where students need to locate objects and characters.
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The 'Oops' Opportunity – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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Art Attack! Shape – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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Wolfie: A Tell-all Interview – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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Letter to the Editor (Indoor Play) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
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Letter to the Editor (Pet Ownership) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 4 magazine (Issue 3).
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Letter to the Editor (Junk Mail Ban) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 4 magazine (Issue 2).
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Letter to the Editor (No-School Birthdays) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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Read Along Pocket Chart Cards – Dr. Mae Jemison
A set of pocket chart cards to use for reading and sight word practice.
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10 Fascinating Facts Worksheet – The Global Seed Vault
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about the global seed vault.
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Letter to the Editor (More Screen Time) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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Wonderings – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Foundation magazine (Bonus Issue).
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Human Histories: Amazing Artists – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about some amazing artists.
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Letter to the Editor (Choosing Bedtime) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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Letter to the Editor (Huckle Finn Park Disgrace) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 2).