Third Grade Reading Worksheets and Printables
These third grade reading worksheets help make learning engaging for your third grader! Browse through and download our 3rd grade reading worksheets to help supplement your child's education.
Scrambled Planet Names
Never heard of the planet Pirjute? That's because it's actually Jupiter, but the letters are all mixed up! Kids completing this third grade science worksheet unscramble the names of the eight planets in our solar system.
Orderly Neighbors
Words with the letters i and e can sometimes be confusing, especially for beginning spellers. This multi-part worksheet is all about the word neighbors i and e.
There's an Ant on My Aunt!
Some of the trickiest words to spell in the English language are "homophones," or words that sound the same but have different meanings. This worksheet will help your young speller get a handle on them.
Past, Present, or Future Tense? 1
Past, present, or future? Kids identify the tense for each sentence on this third grade reading and writing worksheet. After that, they can get creative and write their own sentences in the past, present, and future tenses.
Similes: Easy as Pie
As light as a feather or as light as a bee? They're both very light, but "as light as a feather" is the popular simile. Kids completing this third grade reading and writing worksheet learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete similes. Then they make up their own simile!
Past, Present, or Future Tense? 2
Past, present, or future? Kids identify the tense for each sentence on this third grade reading and writing worksheet. After that, they can get creative and write their own sentences in the past, present, and future tenses.
Its or It's?
Even some grown-ups get confused when it comes to "its" vs. "it's." Be sure your child understands the difference. This third grade writing worksheet explains that "its" is a possessive pronoun, and "it's" is a contraction that means "it is." This worksheet reinforces an important spelling concept.
Grassland Gus
Does your kid love word jumbles? This worksheet has the names of five animals jumbled up, and they need your kid's help!
Articles: Before a Noun 1
If you've ever heard a child ask for "a apple," you know that articles can be a tricky subject for some kids. This third grade reading and writing worksheet explains when to use "a," "an," and "the" before a noun, to help kids recognize that "an apple" is more like it!
Context Clues: Word Sleuth
When you reach a word you don't recognize when reading, what do you do? One strategy for figuring out unfamiliar words is using context clues, or other words in the sentence that give hints about the meaning of the unknown word. This third grade reading worksheet offers practice with context clues.
