March is the perfect month to work on nonfiction skills with Women’s History Month Reading Comprehension Passages. Nonfiction texts require students to tap into more intense reading with content specific vocabulary. The more practice we can give students with more challenging vocabulary that they may not have previously read, the better. As they become more familiar with reading informational texts, their own comprehension and vocabulary of nonfiction texts becomes stronger. Of course you can use nonfiction texts about women in history at any time of year to improve students’ comprehension and reading skills of nonfiction. However, since March is Women’s History Month, it’s ideal to make time to read about women. If you want to add nonfiction into your March plans, these Women’s History Month Reading Comprehension Passages are for you!
Women’s History Month Reading Comprehension
Students often love nonfiction texts because they are such sponges for new information. While they can be more challenging to read due to the content specific vocabulary, nonfiction texts are so important. Reading nonfiction is just as important as showing understanding of what was read. That’s why I created the Women’s History Month Reading Comprehension Passages.
These Women’s History Month reading comprehension passages are great for building reading skills while focusing on comprehension in nonfiction texts. Each grade level set of these nonfiction texts includes 5 Women’s History Month Reading Comprehension Passages. Each passage also includes comprehension questions so students can focus on finding evidence in the text.
March can be a very busy month with testing, Spring Break, etc. That’s why I’ve made these Women’s History Month Reading Comprehension Passages super easy to use.
Using the Women’s History Month Reading Comprehension Passages
- Print and copy.
- Students will read the comprehension passage.
- Students will respond to the comprehension questions.
- Lead a discussion about what was learned about each woman.
Bonus: I always include answer keys, so that you can quickly refer to it to check comprehension responses.
Focusing on reading comprehension
These Women’s History Month reading comprehension passages can be used in a variety of settings. You can have students complete them during independent reading time, with a partner where they can then discuss what was read, during small groups, or even to send home for comprehension practice in the month of March.
Since reading comprehension should be a focus in all of elementary school, these nonfiction women’s history month reading comprehension activities can be used by everyone. I’m a big believer in getting students to read and work on comprehension in all settings.
These Women’s History Month reading comprehension passages can be used by:
- Classroom teachers
- Special education teachers with student comprehension goals
- Reading specialists/interventionists/reading teachers
- Classroom aides/assistants
- Parent helpers
- ESL teachers
- Tutors
- For homework/extra practice
Developing Nonfiction Reading and Comprehension Skills
Since nonfiction texts are full of information, it’s important to get students to slow down while they read each text. Providing students with highlighters, highlighter strips, finger pointers- anything that keeps their eyes on the words while reading, is a huge help. These can be used during the actual reading of the text, or once they are done and are ready to answer the reading response questions. After identifying the answer to each question, it’s a great idea to have students highlight where they found the information before writing down their response. This not only helps ensure they are actually citing evidence from the text, but it also makes it easier to have a discussion of the text and their responses, afterward.
These nonfiction Women’s History Month reading comprehension passages are intended to help your Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade readers improve their nonfiction reading and comprehension skills.
These Women’s History Month reading comprehension passages are for you, if:
- You want your students to improve their nonfiction reading skills.
- You need your students to work on citing evidence from the text for standards or upcoming assessments.
- You think women are amazing and are excited for your students to read about more incredible women.
If you want to add Women’s History Month reading comprehension to your March lessons, click each link below to check out the grade level sets!
Or, if you have students in multiple grade levels, you can get to all the passages quicker when you click here!
More Nonfiction Passages for Reading Comprehension
Before you go, I wanted to share my Free Nonfiction Animals Passages with you! Students LOVE these because they include real photographs of safari animals. These passages are great for identifying parts of nonfiction texts as well as finding answers to questions, within informational texts.
Since I find nonfiction texts so incredibly valuable for students, I also have additional nonfiction passages in my store for Kindergarten-5th Grade.These passages include different people, inventions, places, and events so that students can improve their reading and comprehension skills. The nonfiction passages also have different focuses, from comprehension to fluency to identifying nonfiction text features.
If you’re someone who has plans to incorporate more nonfiction reading for your students in your lessons, my passages are engaging and easy to use. They will have a major impact on your students’ development of their nonfiction reading skills.
Check out ALL my nonfiction reading passages for Kindergarten through 5th Grade.
You can also read about those passages and other ideas for teaching with nonfiction when you click the links below!
K-5 Martin Luther King Jr Worksheets for Reading
Nonfiction Texts that Students Love
