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3rd and 4th Grade Common Core Reading Passages Resources

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Main Idea: Working Dogs
Main Idea: Working Dogs
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Main Idea: Working Dogs
Third Grade
Reading
Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.
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Main Idea: Working Dogs
Main Idea: Working Dogs
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Main Idea: Working Dogs
Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Shark
Find the Main Idea: Shark
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Find the Main Idea: Shark
Third Grade
Reading
Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.
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Find the Main Idea: Shark
Find the Main Idea: Shark
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Find the Main Idea: Shark
Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
History of Hip Hop Music
History of Hip Hop Music
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History of Hip Hop Music
Fourth Grade
Reading
Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!
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History of Hip Hop Music
History of Hip Hop Music
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History of Hip Hop Music
Celebrate Black History Month by learning about soul music and the history of African-Americans in pop music, all in this Hip-Hop Music worksheet!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
History of Fireworks
History of Fireworks
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History of Fireworks
Third Grade
Reading
Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.
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History of Fireworks
History of Fireworks
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History of Fireworks
Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
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Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Fourth Grade
Reading
As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.
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Identifying the Main Idea & Details
Identifying the Main Idea & Details
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Identifying the Main Idea & Details
As your students complete this reading comprehension exercise, they will learn about their lungs while practicing active reading skills.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather
Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather
Worksheet
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Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather
Third Grade
Reading
Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.
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Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather
Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather
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Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather
Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Make Your Own Inferences
Make Your Own Inferences
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Make Your Own Inferences
Second Grade
Reading
Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!
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Make Your Own Inferences
Make Your Own Inferences
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Make Your Own Inferences
Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions
Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions
Interactive Worksheet
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Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions
Third Grade
Reading
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.
Interactive Worksheet
Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions
Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions
Interactive Worksheet
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.
Third Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
Worksheet
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The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
Kindergarten
Reading
In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.
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The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
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The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.
Kindergarten
Reading
Worksheet
Starfish Text Features
Starfish Text Features
Worksheet
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Starfish Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.
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Starfish Text Features
Starfish Text Features
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Starfish Text Features
Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary worksheet.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Superhero Research Project
Superhero Research Project
Activity
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Superhero Research Project
Third Grade
Reading
In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.
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Superhero Research Project
Superhero Research Project
Activity
Superhero Research Project
In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.
Third Grade
Reading
Activity
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2
Worksheet
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Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2
Fourth Grade
Reading
Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.
Worksheet
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2
Worksheet
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2
Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Endangered Species: Red Wolf
Endangered Species: Red Wolf
Worksheet
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Endangered Species: Red Wolf
Fourth Grade
Reading
Meet the red wolf, an endangered species of animal that was once very common, but in the past 50 year nearly became extinct!
Worksheet
Endangered Species: Red Wolf
Endangered Species: Red Wolf
Worksheet
Endangered Species: Red Wolf
Meet the red wolf, an endangered species of animal that was once very common, but in the past 50 year nearly became extinct!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Pinocchio
Reading Comprehension: Pinocchio
Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension: Pinocchio
Third Grade
Reading
This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.
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Reading Comprehension: Pinocchio
Reading Comprehension: Pinocchio
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Pinocchio
This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Chocolate: A Short and Sweet History
Chocolate: A Short and Sweet History
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Chocolate: A Short and Sweet History
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.
Worksheet
Chocolate: A Short and Sweet History
Chocolate: A Short and Sweet History
Worksheet
Chocolate: A Short and Sweet History
In this fascinating worksheet, children learn about the history of chocolate, from its ancient ceremonial use to the invention of the chocolate candy bar.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The Crab that Played with the Sea
The Crab that Played with the Sea
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The Crab that Played with the Sea
Fourth Grade
Reading
Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."
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The Crab that Played with the Sea
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."
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day
Compare and Contrast: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day
Worksheet
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Compare and Contrast: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day
Fourth Grade
Reading
Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts ab
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day
Compare and Contrast: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day
Do your students know the difference between Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day? This reading comprehension worksheet will teach them about the similarities and differences of the holidays. First, they’ll read a passage that provides facts ab
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Worksheet
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Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Third Grade
Reading
Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Practice identifying and interpreting nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading for Fluency: The Golden Bird
Reading for Fluency: The Golden Bird
Worksheet
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Reading for Fluency: The Golden Bird
Fourth Grade
Reading
Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."
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Reading for Fluency: The Golden Bird
Reading for Fluency: The Golden Bird
Worksheet
Reading for Fluency: The Golden Bird
Children work on reading fluency and comprehension with this excerpt from the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Bird."
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: The Kitten
Reading Comprehension: The Kitten
Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension: The Kitten
Fourth Grade
Reading
Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: The Kitten
Reading Comprehension: The Kitten
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: The Kitten
Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Worksheet
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Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Second Grade
Reading
Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.
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Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: Summertime Blues
Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Activity
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
First Grade
Reading
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
Activity
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Activity
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
First Grade
Reading
Activity
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Second Grade
Reading
Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: Frederick Douglass
Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Worksheet
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Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Fourth Grade
Reading
Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: The Moon
Children learn about the Moon, then practice finding and writing the main idea, in this literacy worksheet.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Reading Response Journal
Reading Response Journal
Worksheet
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Reading Response Journal
Fourth Grade
Reading
Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.
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Reading Response Journal
Reading Response Journal
Worksheet
Reading Response Journal
Young readers respond to the books they have completed with this versatile worksheet template.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #1
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #1
Worksheet
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Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #1
Fourth Grade
Reading
Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.
Worksheet
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #1
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #1
Worksheet
Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #1
Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
My Vacation
My Vacation
Workbook
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My Vacation
Third Grade
Reading
In this three-part series, a child anticipates a family getaway. Practice summarizing works of fiction, identifying chronology, interpreting pictures, and identifying homophones and homographs through this series of reading and comprehension activities.
Workbook
My Vacation
My Vacation
Workbook
My Vacation
In this three-part series, a child anticipates a family getaway. Practice summarizing works of fiction, identifying chronology, interpreting pictures, and identifying homophones and homographs through this series of reading and comprehension activities.
Third Grade
Reading
Workbook
Who is Angela Davis?
Who is Angela Davis?
Worksheet
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Who is Angela Davis?
Third Grade
Reading
Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.
Worksheet
Who is Angela Davis?
Who is Angela Davis?
Worksheet
Who is Angela Davis?
Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.
Third Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Finding the Theme
Finding the Theme
Worksheet
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Finding the Theme
Fourth Grade
Reading
Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.
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Finding the Theme
Finding the Theme
Worksheet
Finding the Theme
Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Monterey: A City of the Sea
Monterey: A City of the Sea
Worksheet
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Monterey: A City of the Sea
Fourth Grade
Reading
Dive into the sea life of Monterey, California, with this upper elementary reading comprehension worksheet!
Worksheet
Monterey: A City of the Sea
Monterey: A City of the Sea
Worksheet
Monterey: A City of the Sea
Dive into the sea life of Monterey, California, with this upper elementary reading comprehension worksheet!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
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