3rd Grade Reading Fables and Folktales Worksheets

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

In this reading worksheet, students can compare two ghost stories from other sides of the globe and see the ways in which they're eerily similar.

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

This old Native American myth, The Raven Steals the Light, is the perfect story to spook -- but not scare -- kids this Halloween.

A soldier meets a mysterious stranger in a graveyard. Could this be the dark figure that townsfolk have seen darting in and out of the shadows?

Give your wild child this werewolf story to read this Halloween. He'll have a spooky story to share with friends, and get some reading practice, too!

Read this version of The Wild Hunt with your little boy or ghoul this Halloween, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Your kid may have seen the movie, but has he ever read the story of Rapunzel? Here, the story of Rapunzel is told in its entirety with two different endings.

Use this exercise with your students as they work through the realms of realism and fantasy.

Use this resource with your students to give them practice reading a fable and categorizing sentences as either examples of realism or fantasy.

Read Vasilisa the Brave, one of Russia's most famous folk tales, with your child this Halloween, then help her answer the comprehension questions at the end.

This Rapunzel story is missing some picturesâand in the wrong order! Test reading comprehension skills by arranging the events in the most logical order.

Would you decorate your Christmas tree with spider webs? Learn a wacky Christmas fun fact as you reflect on holiday traditions.

For those who prefer their fairy tales cheery all the way, here's an alternate ending to Rapunzel that's sure to please. Compare and contrast the two endings!

For October (or just for kids who love scary stories!), here's a great telling of Bancho Sarayashiki, one of Japan's most famous ghost stories.

Here is the ending to the Grimm brothers' version of Rapunzel, adapted for kids! Compare and contrast this ending with the sunnier alternate conclusion.

Travel back in time to ancient China in this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, The Nightingale.

In this reading worksheet, just in time for Halloween, kids can read all about Fred Fisher, the star of Australia's most famous ghost story.

In this old Nigerian folk tale, a young villager ends up marrying a real bonehead. (Sorry, we had to.)

Read page six from The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Read about the nightingale's life in the palace, and color in the illustration.

As you continue with page 7 of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, be sure to color in the illustration as you read!

Continue the illustrated story of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen.

In page two of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, the reader sees the nightingale singing in the palace gardens. Read and color this worksheet.

Ready for Halloween? Here's Noppera Bo, a terrifying folk tale from Japan, to help you celebrate.