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.