Search Printable 3rd Grade Informational Text Reading Comprehension Strategy Worksheets

Kids will learn about sharks as they read this short and informative worksheet.

Your students will work together to find new vocabulary words and create a short summary of a nonfiction text related to the butterfly life cycle. Use this worksheet as an introduction to the Create a Nonfiction Text Summary lesson plan.

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

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

Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.

Children read a brief history of fireworks, then answer a series of questions designed to help them reflect on what they have learned.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Children will practice identifying nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Use this nonfiction comprehension worksheet to help second and third graders learn all about Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

As your students hunt for various text features, they’ll learn that these features provide important information about the text they’re reading!

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.

Use this resource with your students to practice relating to the text by making connections. Your students will practice making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections as they read literature or informational text.

Use this resource with your students to get them making connections between two nonfiction texts on the same topic. They will use a Venn diagram to organize the similarities and differences.

Use this resource with your students to practice connecting key events in nature. They will read about the water cycle and note the steps in order that they occur.

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Dive into the sea life of Monterey, California, with this third-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

This civics and government worksheet helps second and third graders learn facts about elections and practice identifying key vocabulary terms.

Track important events in the life of an important woman with this Sojourner Truth timeline, a great way to get used to reading and writing nonfiction.