Ereading Worksheets provides teachers, parents, and motivated students with high-quality reading worksheets, activities, and resources aligned with Common Core State Standards. This website uses a skill focused approach where each activity targets a specific skill set, but you can also browse the reading worksheets by grade level.
The resources on this website cover a broad range of reading, writing, and language arts skills. And this site has a growing collection of online reading activities. Everything on here is free for home and classroom use. I am committed to expanding and improving the content on this site and making it easy to access for learners around the world. Subscribe now to receive emails about new content and big updates to this site.
Some Useful Pages
Reading Resources
Figurative Language Resources
Language Arts Resources
Writing Resources
This site is a labor of love. It has grown tremendously over the years, and I am still working diligently to continue to update and improve this website.
Send comments, questions, corrections, or feedback to mortonteaches@gmail.com or post in the comments below. I’m just one person, but I try my best to reply to vistors, meet requests, and offer help when I can. Thanks for visiting!
Steve Brown
/ April 26, 2012Mr. Morton,
Question # 4 under identifying theme’s (about Mr. Pig and Mr. Dog) seems a bit demented. The dog ended up eating the pig, because he did not share, really? That is the best story you could come up with to tell a story about “greed”? Why would the pig owe the dog anything, we do not know there relationship?
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/theme-worksheet-answers.html
Mr. Morton
/ May 3, 2012Masterful understanding, Mr. Brown. I look forward to more of your interpretations.
Janet Lewis
/ April 26, 2012I love this site!!! Thank you for sharing your creativity and expertise. I especially appreciate that I can edit the worksheets to suit my students’ needs or correlate with our state standards. I passed the link along to the other teachers in the building.
Mr. Morton
/ May 3, 2012Thank you and thank you!
Nadia
/ April 12, 2012You are brilliant! I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate these materials. They are perfect for my struggling readers at the high school level. They’re short readings which helps them stay focused on the particular skill we’re working on. THANKS A MILLION!
Mr. Morton
/ April 15, 2012It’s my pleasure a million!
ashley
/ April 17, 2012i love this website it helps me a lot in school to earn good grades… please if you have more worksheets i would appreciate you very much thank you for the advantage!
take care..
elizabeth norris
/ April 10, 2012🙂
Kristy
/ April 9, 2012Thanks! I’m a new teacher and this is the first site I go to looking for material for my classes. I was recently complimented by my principal for an activity she saw my class doing during my observation. She asked if I had created it myself and I “confessed” to using this site. Her response? “Wonderful! Use great resources whenever you can find them!”
Mr. Morton
/ April 15, 2012Wow, that’s super. I don’t mind if you suck up all the credit next time. You know, like if a tree falls in the woods, feel free to say that you pushed it over, right? Anyway, your integrity is commendable. Thanks for visiting!
Shane
/ April 6, 2012I can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate this resource, especially since they are FREE!!! I am in the process of trying to teach a 100% differentiated classroom, and these were lifesavers.
Mr. Morton
/ April 15, 2012Isn’t differentiation something? I am of the mindset that it is better to do one thing excellently than ten things half-heatedly, but this is the panacea of modern education. Anyway, I whipped something to address this differentiated instruction thingy.
Darla
/ March 31, 2012I have been out of school for 20 something years and would like to go back to get my nursing degree. I have been trying to find a website to help me pass the Teas v entrance exam and this is it!! Thanks for putting the answers with some of the practice sheets. As you can see I need a lot of help in this department. Thank you so much!
Mr. Morton
/ May 3, 2012Thank you for sharing your experience. I’m happy I was able to help a bit. Best wishes!
Mrs. Martin
/ March 31, 2012Thanks for the fantastic website!! These worksheets have been a great resource for me. We need more people like you providing helpful curriculum for our classes. Bravo Mr. Morton.
Lu Morton
/ March 30, 2012Wow! What great activities you have put together on a user friendly site! Perfect for the advanced 5th graders I work with! Thank you!
Rashona
/ March 29, 2012Great Website
Becky
/ March 27, 2012I feel blessed to have stumbled upon your website. It is great! You are a humanitarian as well as an educator. Muchas gracias from Texas.
Mr. Morton
/ March 30, 2012De nada. 😀
Barbara
/ March 22, 2012Thank you very much for all those worksheets!!!! It is a wonderful tool for my ELL students that are trying to get ready for the TCAP!!!:))))
Kathy Creel
/ March 20, 2012Fantastic! Thank you!
E M Garcia
/ March 19, 2012Thank you so much! The best resource for easy-to-use, comprehensive reading comprehension worksheets that I’ve found on the internet. I just looked at the lesson on theme, a topic I did not have info on & it really provided me with good wording to explain it in my mind, and then to use with my 1st – 3rd-year students. I am a Montessori teacher at a charter school, and we do not use textbooks, but are required to prepare students for the state-mandated assessments. To get the info for free is also a big help! Thanks again!
Mr. Morton
/ March 20, 2012I’m so glad to hear it.
Cristi
/ March 7, 2012Great site! Thanks for sharing. I have a question on the figurative language interactive practice test 4: should #4 be a hyperbole and #15 be a simile? As my honors students were completing the practice, many questioned these two as did I.
Mr. Morton
/ March 20, 2012Sure sure. The study of figurative language isn’t exactly a science; there’s certainly some crossover here and there. I interpreted #4 as follows: “[Ralph] blew a jet of water in the air.” I found that to be a comparison between a jet and a stream of water, but it hinges on your understanding of the author’s use of “jet.” #15 is definitely supposed to be a simile. That’s an error. I’ll try to fix that right now…
Mr. Morton
/ March 20, 2012I fixed the error. Thanks for the help.
Nicola
/ March 7, 2012Fantastic! Looking for a worksheet to explain facts and opinions – found exactly what I needed. The rest of the site looks great too.
Mei
/ March 6, 2012Thanks for posting these worksheets. I am struggling in a difficult student teaching experience and these have helped me quite a bit.
Mr. Morton
/ March 20, 2012That was definitely the hardest part of my career…
amber
/ March 6, 2012thanks so much for this website
Student Teacher
/ February 24, 2012“WOW” pretty much sums up the greatness of this wonderful resource for ELA teachers!
nicole
/ February 15, 2012I wonder does this site help alot of teachers
Mr. Morton
/ February 23, 2012I hope it does. 😀
A.A.
/ February 14, 2012This site is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!
JL
/ February 9, 2012Hi, I am a speech language pathologist in a school. I am so glad I have come across this website because there are so many great skills you focus on. I am so appreciative of the fact that you have shared these wonderful resources for free! Thank you!
Mr. Morton
/ February 13, 2012It’s my pleasure. Thanks for visiting!
dee
/ February 1, 2012Thank you so much for sharing! The worksheets and powerpoints are exactly what I needed.
fysher99
/ January 31, 2012this is the best
Jennifer Ramirez
/ January 30, 2012THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! This site has given me so many resources to allow my students the practice necessary to grasp all of these reading strategies! You are a life saver!
Mr. Morton
/ January 31, 2012I’m so happy to hear it. Thanks for visiting!
Mrs. Rao
/ January 25, 2012Mr. Morton,
I have a 6th grader and this site is a godsend for us parents who are trying so hard to supplement the school work with the right kind of extra practice. Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for taking the time out to make this available to everyone. May god bless you !
Thank You !
Mr. Morton
/ February 13, 2012Gratitude full accepted and appreciated! Thanks for visiting. Be on the look out for my new interactive reading video games. I think this will be a great way to compel students to practice reading skills. I should have a couple out in time for summer. 😀
Debbie Durham
/ January 6, 2012I have been teaching a LONG time. These are excellent resources. Thanks SO much for sharing.
Mr. Morton
/ January 23, 2012Thanks for taking the time to comment, Mrs. Durham.
Mrs. N
/ November 27, 2011Mr. Morton,
This is a wonderful site. Thank you.
I have to echo Ms. C’s comments regarding the use of your site for my department. This will provide an invaluable resource for them when they need a little “go-to” skills- based practice. I feel completely blessed to have stumbled upon it today.
Regarding the answer keys: I’m not sure what most of the fuss is about. I would never assign my students anything that I hadn’t read through and completed myself. This ensures all of the content is appropriate in my eyes, but also allows me to recognize any potential challenges my students will have and be ready to address them. I always generate my own keys, even when they ARE provided.
Finally, I agree that to censor pieces of writing because it may be “destructive” to students does them a disservice. The classroom should be a safe place where authentic discussion can take place, not a cocoon wherein students should pretend tough issues don’t exist in the real world.
Thanks so much again.
Jasmine mcbride
/ November 16, 2011I really like this website it is very educational. 🙂
Malikah
/ November 3, 2011awesome. thank you so much!
C. Yowell
/ October 30, 2011Wow!!! Love your site! I am so excited…this is EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing. That speaks volumes for your character and passion for our profession!
andy
/ October 26, 2011no, it’s real and kids should learn about real life. If you have a problem send the kid to private school or teach them yourself.
Julie Knoefel
/ October 10, 2011DAY is 10-10-11 at 3:02 EST……
WOW!!! Shocked beyond belief. I am a mom of an 11 year old 6th grader. I don’t care how old you are…0 to 100. No one should have a sheet of paper infront of them that asks them to infer anything about adultery. Of all the items in life to infer why would anyone take the time to write and print about infidelity. Inferenceworksheet 1 number 4 does just that. It happens…YES…but even if you are in college you shouldn’t have that as a worksheet. I know you won’t print this in your comments. I know you said it had that example in it…but WHY. What if the person reading it had it happen in their family and their family really was torn apart due to this type of situation. Really! You must not be thinking about the BIG PICTURE HERE MR. MORTON. If you are really as smart as your ereadingworksheet page….you will personally email me and tell me WHY you thought you needed to use this example to TEACH. This is not teaching. This is DISTRUCTIVE. Down right non respectful. Thanks for reading them. I would like you to prove you read all comments. I challenge you to send me a personal email.
Mr. Morton
/ October 10, 2011Personally, I feel such things should be discussed and understood,
rather than hidden and avoided,
but I’m no moral authority.
Let’s open it up for discussion.
Should I edit out #4 on inferences worksheet,
because it deals with adultery?
KD
/ November 27, 2011Keep it. Much of classic literature has reference to sexuality and adultery. Take, for example, Chaucer’s use of the cuckold. Students learn these things regularly in the course of their studies. Literature often provides moral lessons and, much of the time, these lessons are learned by example; i.e.- a “learn from my mistakes” model. If you were to censor every unpleasant thing in literature, there would be little left to learn from. And if you’re censoring things because a student may have had something similar happen in their family, then we would have to censor almost anything that dealt with death, as well, now wouldn’t we?
Art imitates life and sometimes life isn’t fair and it isn’t pleasant. While we should not glorify immoral behavior, it is an insult to the author, the art, and the students’ intelligence to hide the fact that it exists.
Jennifer
/ February 27, 2012I believe you should keep this question on the worksheet. It is a topic that should be discussed not hidden away. I am a child from a family that was torn apart in this way and it would have been nice to have had discussions about it outside the home. Mrs.Knoefel unfortunitly is responding like a parent who had her home ripped apart in this way. She has the right to her opinion as do the rest of us.
Michele Nicole
/ January 4, 2012If you don’t like the question, edit it out. Ever read a classic piece of literature called the Scarlet Letter? I did…in the 9th grade at a Catholic high school.
A Edwards
/ September 26, 2011Thank you so much for this resource. Our textbooks leave much to be desired and this is a wonderful resource. I appreciate your help so much. I use this for both my reading intervention class and my regular literature classes.
Mr. Morton
/ October 4, 2011I know what you mean about the text books. I like a lot of the stories, but I wish they had more.
Mrs. Lloyd
/ September 20, 2011This an absolutely awesome website. I appreciate you taking the time to make more supplemental materials available to classroom teachers. With budget cuts being the way they are, I really am greatful that there is no charge for the materials. I pray that you are blessed beyond measure for all you are doing for educators. Way to Go!!!!!
Mr. Morton
/ September 22, 2011Well, I definitely feel blessed, Mrs. Lloyd.
Thanks for visiting.
Rosson
/ September 15, 2011Thank you so much for the lessons!
Vickie
/ September 13, 2011Where are the answer keys?
katie
/ September 8, 2011this really works i am a student and it works perfect
cameron stratton
/ August 30, 2011i needed to find a persuasive speech topic, but i couldn’t find one that i liked. 🙁
Mr. Morton
/ September 13, 2011I’m sorry to hear that, Cameron. What are you interested in? That’s always a good place to start…
Sarah
/ August 27, 2011Are there answer keys? Or are we supposed to answer them ourselves?
Mr. Morton
/ September 13, 2011Well, in the mean time, yes, you are supposed to answer them for yourselves. I’ve added them to many sections of the site, but not all. Maybe there’s something specific that I could provide?
Ms. C
/ August 22, 2011As a department chairperson for English, I am always searching for clear and concise skill-based worksheets and activities to supplement my teacher’s instuction. This website is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! AND it’s free! Thank you so much. =)
Mr. Morton
/ August 23, 2011Thanks, Ms. C.
Jen
/ July 7, 2011Thanks for the awesome website by the way!!! These worksheets have saved my life on more than one occassion – being a History teacher that was made to teach English 2 days before the start of school last year! I owe you some curriculum.
Carmen Biggs
/ May 26, 2011I have been looking for a resource like this website to use this summer to tutor students. This is a great start! Thank you sooooo much!
Mr. Morton
/ June 19, 2011It’s my pleasure. Thanks for visiting and check back for updates soon!
The Travelling Chopsticks
/ May 24, 2011I just wanted to drop you a note and thank you so much for a great and user-friendly sight. I do alot of private tuition in Language Arts, and this website is incredibly helpful!
Marcie Knoll
/ May 18, 2011This website is exactly what I need to help my summer school students and regular students to improve for state assessments! Thanks a million!
Sondra backus
/ April 29, 2011use this site all the time. Worksheets are great!! Thanks for sharing.
Trecia Laird
/ April 28, 2011Thanks a million for creating a site that is user-friendly and offers amazing activities and worksheets. They are perfect for our students in tutoring who need extra practice for their upcoming state tests. Thanks again and I’ll be sure to pass this site on to my peers!
Mr. Morton
/ April 28, 2011Your feedback is much appreciated. Thank you for visiting.
Kelly Wells
/ March 29, 2011Thanks. I am using this for our achievement test practice!
Stacey
/ March 27, 2011This is a great resource! Thanks for having such wonderful lessons and worksheets available!
Jennifer Peete
/ March 8, 2011I needed some figurative language worksheets to test my Pre-AP students. The ones on this site worked perfectly.
Mr. Morton
/ March 8, 2011So pleased to hear it, Ms. Peete. Check out some of the other resources if you get the chance.