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Third Grade Reading Comprehension

Don't miss out on our third grade reading comprehension resources that focus on giving students a foundational understanding of stories, characters and text features. For example, our lesson plan about character traits helps students to identify with the different people in a story. As it turns out, learning about third grade reading comprehension can be a great creative endeavor! Our fourth grade reading comprehension resources continue the learning.

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Fiction Comprehension

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Reading Comprehension: The Serpent and the Eagle

Reading Comprehension: The Serpent and the Eagle

Strengthen your students' reading comprehension skills with the fable, The Serpent and the Eagle.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Put the Story Sequence in Order

Put the Story Sequence in Order

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading for Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Reading for Comprehension: Cause and Effect

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.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Simple Summaries

Simple Summaries

Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.

3rd grade

Lesson plan

Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories

Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories

The reading and writing practice in this workbook will get kids thinking about all the different parts that go into a good story, like vocabulary, structure and sequencing.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Write a Simple Summary

Write a Simple Summary

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Pinocchio

Reading Comprehension: Pinocchio

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Problem and Solution 1

Reading Comprehension: Problem and Solution 1

With these short fiction passages, your students will identify the problems and solutions.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Comparing Two Stories

Comparing Two Stories

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

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Asking and Answering Questions

Asking and Answering Questions

This lesson helps students learn about asking and answering questions about a text. It also exposes them to valuable lessons about trying to figure out their dreams and not giving up along the way.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Identify the Text Features

Identify the Text Features

Text features highlight important facts in sources of information. Help kids learn to identify these features with this silly newspaper article.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Game

Short and Sweet Summaries

Short and Sweet Summaries

Use this resource with your students to practice writing concise fiction summaries.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Finding the Moral

Finding the Moral

In this lesson your students will find and examine the morals in the classic folktales of "Stone Soup" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Comprehension: The Ice Cream Disaster

Reading Comprehension: The Ice Cream Disaster

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions

Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions

Use this worksheet to help students draw conclusions using text information.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey

Reading Comprehension: The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey

Read this fable and answer questions to practice reading comprehension.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sort the Story Elements

Sort the Story Elements

Use this resource to help your students identify story elements in two similar fictional passages.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Picture Sequencing

Picture Sequencing

This picture story is all mixed up! Use this worksheet to teach your students how to put plot events in order.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Story Map

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Folktales: The Princess Mouse

Folktales: The Princess Mouse

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

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Sugar and Spice

Reading Comprehension: Sugar and Spice

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

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading for Comprehension: Jason and the Game Show

Reading for Comprehension: Jason 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

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

Use this short story and T-chart to teach students how to recognize cause and effect relationships in fiction.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Character Changes Order

Character Changes Order

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sugar and Spice

Sugar and Spice

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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