Kindergarten Reading Worksheets
Reading comprehension, decodable books, CVC sentences, story skills, parts of a book and nursery rhymes.
The reading year, in order
Reading comprehension
35 sheets readyAnswering questions about key details in stories and nonfiction, naming the main topic, and asking and answering who, what, where, when and why questions.
Decodable reading
32 sheets readyReading little books, passages and sentences built from short-vowel words, digraphs and kindergarten sight words.
Story skills
42 sheets readyPutting events in order, retelling with beginning, middle and end, and naming the characters and setting of a story.
Books and print
42 sheets readyThe parts of a book, the jobs of the author and illustrator, telling fiction from nonfiction, and keeping track of books read.
Rhymes and poems
35 sheets readyClassic nursery rhymes and short poems to say, read along with and act out, building rhyme and a love of language.
About kindergarten reading
Kindergarten reading has two halves. One is understanding: listening to stories and nonfiction, answering questions about them, retelling what happened and learning how books work. The other is reading words on the page: sounding out short words and reading them in sentences and little books.
These kindergarten reading worksheets cover both. Start with read-aloud comprehension pages, story sequencing and nursery rhymes, which need no reading at all. Add parts of a book and fiction and nonfiction as you share books together. As your child learns letter sounds, move to CVC sentences and decodable books, where every word is one they can sound out or already know by sight.
Every page is black and white with simple pictures, prints on US Letter or A4, and any page with right answers has an answer key on page 2.
Questions
What reading skills should a kindergartner have by the end of the year?
Under Common Core, kindergartners answer questions about stories and nonfiction read aloud, retell familiar stories, name characters and settings, know the parts of a book, and read simple emergent-reader texts with short-vowel words and common sight words.
Where should we start?
Start with read-aloud comprehension, story sequencing and nursery rhymes, since they need no reading. Add CVC sentences and decodable books once your child knows most letter sounds and can blend three-letter words.
What is the difference between reading and phonics worksheets?
Phonics worksheets practice letter sounds and single words. Reading worksheets put those skills to work in sentences, books and stories, and build understanding of what is read.
Can my child do these worksheets alone?
The decodable books, passages and CVC sentences are written for children to read themselves. Read-aloud, story and book pages are meant to be done with a grown-up who reads the text.
Are these kindergarten reading worksheets free?
Yes. Every page is a free PDF in US Letter and A4, with no account or email sign-up.