Insects Reading Comprehension Passages | 10 Nonfiction Bug Texts | 1st Grade Science

Ribbit — ESL/EFL Worksheet Resource

A 10-page set of short nonfiction reading passages about minibeasts, one per page with questions alongside. The topics are ants, butterflies, bees, ladybugs, spiders, grasshoppers, beetles, dragonflies, stick insects and fireflies. Each passage gives simple facts about where the creature lives, what it eats and how it behaves; the spider page explains that spiders are not insects. Question types vary from page to page: short written answers, circling true statements, numbering the butterfly life cycle, ordering how a spider catches food, matching adjectives to body parts and circling pictures. What's Included: • 10-page printable PDF • 10 nonfiction passages, one creature per page • Four or five questions per passage in mixed formats Skills Practised: • Reading informational text • Finding facts and details in a passage • Sequencing a life cycle or process • Science vocabulary about insects Perfect for: • Grade 1 bug or minibeast units • ESL/EFL nonfiction reading • Science and literacy centres