A Trip to the Library: Grade 1 Reading Passage

About this worksheet

Ava and Grandpa visit the library, where Ms. Reed the librarian helps Ava find dinosaur books. A free printable 1st grade short story (71 words) with multiple-choice who/what questions, fill-in-the-blanks with a word bank and a box to draw in. Answer key on page 2. First graders can read it on their own and ask for help only with the trickier words.

On this sheet

Ava and Grandpa walked to the library on Tuesday. Ava wanted a book about dinosaurs. She did not know where to look, so she asked Ms. Reed, the librarian. Ms. Reed showed her a shelf full of dinosaur books. Ava picked two books with lots of pictures. Grandpa picked a book about trains. They used their library cards to check out the books. At home, Grandpa read to Ava before bed. WHO? Who helped Ava find the books? Ms.

Tips for using it

• Before reading, look at the picture and the title together and guess what the passage will be about.
• Ask your child to underline the sentence in the passage that proves each answer.
• Talk about the story afterwards: what was the problem, how was it solved, and what would your child have done?

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.