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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Reading for Comprehension: Alexis and the Game Show
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Reading for Comprehension: Alexis and the Game Show
Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.
3rd Grade
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Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
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Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.
3rd Grade
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Finding the Problem and the Solution with Question Words
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Finding the Problem and the Solution with Question Words
Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.
3rd Grade
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Time Order Transitions
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Time Order Transitions
Use this exercise with your students to identify time order words in sentences, and then choose the best one to complete a series of sentences.
3rd Grade
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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.
3rd Grade
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Summary with Time Order Words
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Summary with Time Order Words
Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.
3rd Grade
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Vocabulary Cards: Using Text Features for Comprehension
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Vocabulary Cards: Using Text Features for Comprehension
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using Text Features for Comprehension.
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Realism and Fantasy in Context
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Realism and Fantasy in Context
In this simple reading comprehension exercise, learners will learn the difference between realism and fantasy, along with clues for spotting each.
3rd Grade
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Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
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Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.
3rd Grade
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Language Frames: Character Changes
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Language Frames: Character Changes
Use this simple template to identify a character's feelings, challenges, and resolution throughout a text.
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Graphic Organizer: Cause & Effect
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Graphic Organizer: Cause & Effect
Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.
3rd Grade
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Glossary: Problem and Solution Summaries
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Glossary: Problem and Solution Summaries
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problem and Solution Summaries.
3rd Grade
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Sort the Story Elements
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Sort the Story Elements
Practice identifying elements of a story in this simple sorting activity!
3rd Grade
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Explain the Problem
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Explain the Problem
Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.
3rd Grade
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Complete a Story Map
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Complete a Story Map
This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.
1st 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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