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.

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Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions

Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.

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How the First Letter was Written

How was writing first invented? Find out by reading this delightful story by Rudyard Kipling, "How the First Letter was Written."

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How the Camel Got His Hump

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump", including some coloring and quiz questions.

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Habitats Word Search: Desert Animals

In which habitat could you find a camel, a rattlesnake, and an iguana? Definitely the desert! Kids don't have to go far to find these animals, though: They can find them in the word search on this third grade science worksheet.

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Homophones: Write It Right 1

"Waste" and "waist" sound alike, but they're spelled differently and have different meanings. They're homophones. On this third grade reading worksheet, kids choose the correct homophones to complete sentences.

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Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions

Using details to draw conclusions about a story is an important part of comprehension. Help your third grader practice this skill by writing endings to 5 brief stories.

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How the Whale Got His Throat: Reading Comprehension

Make reading fun with this whale-of-a tale, "How the Whale Got His Throat," by Rudyard Kipling!

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The Beginnning of the Armadillos

Enjoy Rudyard Kipling's whimsical story, "The Beginnings of the Armadillos", where your little one will answer comprehension questions and enjoy some coloring pages!

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Onomatopoeia Words

Ooh, onomatopoeia! This is a word that mimics a sound: like the "slurp" of spaghetti, a dog's "woof", or comic book sounds like "crash", "bam" and "bang".

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Butterfly Bookmarks

Enjoy a coloring activity that can inspire your child to read more! Color your own bookmark with these cute bug and butterfly templates.

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