Free Reading Activities & Lesson Plans for Comprehension Practice

Here is a collection of free reading activities lesson plans for teachers that you can sign up for! When you sign up, the reading comprehension freebie will be sent directly to your inbox.

Each of these free reading lessons come with one lesson plan out of one of my fiction RL units. In the full RL (Reading Literature) units, there are 3 lesson plans, graphic organizers, Lexile leveled passages (except Kinder), task cards, and an assessment. You’re getting a lesson plan with activities to check out.


Kindergarten Free Reading Activities

kindergarten free reading activities and lesson plans

In this lesson that focuses on reading for kindergarten skills, you’re getting story elements activities! Students will focus in on characters in your free lesson!


1st Grade Free Reading Activities

1st grade free reading activities and lesson plans

Use these first grade reading lesson plans to teach your students lessons and morals! You can use these mini reading comprehension passages as reading games for 1st graders! Have them read the story and match the story card to the moral.


2nd Grade Free Reading Activities

2nd grade free reading activities and lesson plans

Snag these 2nd grade free lesson plans for teachers to use when teaching reading comprehension! This lesson plan provides reading help for 2nd graders’ problem and solution skills. They will brainstorm challenge/response or problem/solution, and then practice those skills.


3rd Grade Free Reading Activities

3rd grade free reading activities and lesson plans

Snag these 3rd grade free lesson plans! This reading lesson plan provides reading help for 3rd graders’ character traits skills.


4th Grade Free Reading Activities

fourth grade free reading activities and lesson plans

Download these 4th grade reading lesson plans that focus on teaching summary and teaching theme in fiction texts.


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