RL.3 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3
:"Literature"
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
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The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
Searching for a worksheet to help with your kid's reading skills? This printable uses a classic Aesop Fable.
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Wh Questions
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Wh Questions
Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.
3rd Grade
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Main Idea of a Story
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Main Idea of a Story
Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner's worksheet!
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Book Characters
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Book Characters
If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.
3rd Grade
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Circle of Viewpoints
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Circle of Viewpoints
Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they distinguish their own viewpoint from those of characters in a fiction text.
3rd Grade
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Conflict
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Conflict
Help your child understand how conflicts factor into plots with this inventive reading worksheet.
3rd Grade
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Heroes and Villains
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Heroes and Villains
Help your growing reader understand characterization with this worksheet that asks her to identify the heroes and villains in the book she's reading.
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Story Plot
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Story Plot
If your budding reading is writing their first book report, help them nail down the plot with this quick review worksheet.
3rd Grade
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The Crab that Played with the Sea
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The Crab that Played with the Sea
Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."
4th Grade
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The Korrigan
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The Korrigan
Read this creepy story about a mythological creature called a korrigan, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.
3rd Grade
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Reader’s Theater: Fall Festival
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Reader’s Theater: Fall Festival
Use this fall-themed Reader’s Theater script to give your students practice reading fluently. Then, challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.
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Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading
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Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading
Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you
3rd Grade
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Analyzing a Poem
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Analyzing a Poem
The Analyzing a Poem graphic organizer supports students with specific questions to help them understand a poem.
3rd Grade
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Compose a Haiku
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Compose a Haiku
Find out if you've got a little haiku master on your hands with our haiku worksheet. A simple poetry form, a haiku is perfect for beginning writers.
3rd Grade
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Summarize a Fable: The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
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Summarize a Fable: The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
In this reading comprehension worksheet, children read a fable of a man, a boy, and a donkey who are headed to market, and the advice they get along the way!
3rd Grade
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Concept Web: Character Traits
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Concept Web: Character Traits
Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.
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Idioms: A Figure of Speech
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Idioms: A Figure of Speech
What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.
3rd Grade
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Similes: Clear as Crystal
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Similes: Clear as Crystal
As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.
3rd Grade
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Similes: Easy as Pie
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Similes: Easy as Pie
If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1
This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Ivan’s Homes
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Ivan’s Homes
Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Analyze the Characters
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Analyze the Characters
Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #2
Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #3
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #3
Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #4
Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
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Making Inferences Graphic Organizer
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Making Inferences Graphic Organizer
Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.
3rd Grade
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Fact vs. Fiction
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Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Fact vs. Fiction
After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.
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Narrative Poem: Casey at the Bat
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Narrative Poem: Casey at the Bat
Ask students questions about "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer to develop their reading comprehension skills.
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Origin of the Chinese Zodiac Reading Comprehension
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Origin of the Chinese Zodiac Reading Comprehension
Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale!
2nd Grade
Social studies
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Make Predictions During Independent Reading
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Make Predictions During Independent Reading
This template encourages thoughtful, engaged reading as children practice making predictions as they go.
3rd Grade
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