Bring women’s sports, famous female athletes, and inspiring sporting achievements into your classroom with this engaging Women in Sports Reading Comprehension Workbook for fifth grade and sixth grade. Students explore the lives, achievements, challenges, and legacies of eight remarkable women while developing essential nonfiction reading and comprehension skills.

Students will learn about Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Lisa Leslie, Wilma Rudolph, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King, Caitlin Clark, and Katie Ledecky. From Olympic champions and record-breaking performances to overcoming challenges and fighting for equality in sports, these engaging texts are ideal for Women’s History Month, sports history, biography studies, ELA, literacy centers, and independent reading.

What’s Included:

• 8 engaging nonfiction reading passages
• 80 short-answer comprehension questions
• 8 multiple-choice quizzes
• 8 crossword puzzles
• 8 word searches
• Answer sheets included
• Activities covering tennis, gymnastics, basketball, track and field, soccer, and swimming

Featured Women in Sports:

• Serena Williams
• Simone Biles
• Lisa Leslie
• Wilma Rudolph
• Mia Hamm
• Billie Jean King
• Caitlin Clark
• Katie Ledecky

Perfect For:

• Fifth grade and sixth grade
• Women’s History Month
• Women in Sports lessons
• Sports history and biography units
• Nonfiction reading comprehension
• ELA and Social Studies
• Guided reading
• Literacy centers
• Independent work and early finishers
• Homeschool learning
• Sub plans

With a consistent, easy-to-use format throughout, this Women in Sports reading comprehension resource helps students strengthen their reading comprehension, vocabulary, critical-thinking, and nonfiction reading skills while discovering how some of the world's most successful female athletes broke records, overcame obstacles, challenged stereotypes, and inspired future generations.

Whether you're teaching Women’s History Month, famous women, sports history, or biography, this workbook provides an engaging way to combine literacy with the fascinating stories of eight extraordinary women in sports.

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