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3rd Grade Fiction Comprehension Questions Resources

Dig into some of the most famous myths and legends across the country. This nonfiction comprehension workbook is complete with writing activities, fill-in-the-blanks, and drawing pages.

Creepy Creatures

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Short and Sweet Summaries

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Compare and Contrast: Short Stories

Help your child learn the &quot;Wh words,&quot; who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

Wh Questions

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Cause and Effect

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.

Reading for Comprehension: Alexis and the Game Show

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Write a Simple Summary

Use this resource for your students to practice reading and comparing the story elements of two fiction texts.

Comparing Two Stories

Bring it back to the basics with this reading comprehension exercise about Mindy, her birthday party, and her cake.

Reading Comprehension: Sugar and Spice

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character&rsquo;s actions with their emotions.

Character Emotion Match Cards

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device! 

Author’s Purpose: Multiple Choice

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Comparing Two Fiction Texts

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Summary High Five

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Can You Make an Inference?

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Author's Purpose

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&#39;s message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!

Make Your Own Inferences

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1&ndash;38 of <em>The One and Only Ivan</em>.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Discussion Guide #1

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Folktales: The Princess Mouse

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Cause & Effect Reading Comprehension: Home Sick

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

Reading for Comprehension: Cause and Effect

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.

My Vacation

This exercise will give your students practice reading a text, making a prediction, and citing text evidence to support it. They will use introductory phrases as they complete sentence frames to create strong evidence-based sentences.

Making Predictions with Text Evidence

Use this resource to get your students comparing and contrasting information from two short texts.

Compare and Contrast: Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Here's a chapter summary guide where your child can jot down the characters in a chapter, his favorite character and even predict what will happen next.

Chapter Summary

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

Inference Task Cards

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

Author’s Purpose Sort: It’s as Easy as Pie!

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

Reading Comprehension: The Soccer Sprain

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

Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading

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