Search Printable 3rd Grade Language Arts Reading Comprehension Strategy Worksheets

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

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

Help your child tap into this fictional attraction by sharing about their favorite character with a pen pal! Your young reader will use this fun postcard template to describe their favorite character, including their favorite piece of dialogue.

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

Your students will demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text features, such as caption, diagram, and heading, with this helpful vocabulary 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.

In this worksheet, second and third graders will practice two important reading fluency strategies: rereading and rereading aloud.

Embark on a 30-day reading adventure with this fun printable!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this worksheet, children read a story about two friends who like to roller skate together in their neighborhood.

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

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

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

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

Use this reading passage to practice reading comprehension with your learners.

Little gardeners, get to know your plants! See the cycle of a plant from its birth to adulthood, and read a bit about photosynthesis too.

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.