3rd grade Reading Fiction Printable Worksheets

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

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

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.

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

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

Help your students practice reading fluently with this passage with exactly 100 words.

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

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

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

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

Read this fable and answer questions to practice reading comprehension.

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

Help your child learn to navigate narrative poetry, then write their own poem, in this super-fun narrative poetry worksheet.

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

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

Have your students practice finding the cause and effect relationships between two sentences.

Use this resource to record cause and effect relationships found in a nonfiction text.

Story sequencing is a fun and easy way for third graders to practice reading comprehension by putting the sentences of the story in order.

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

This resource gives your students the chance to read two fiction texts and compare and contrast the characters, setting, and plot.

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

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.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

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