3rd Grade Reading Worksheets : Page 2

Introduce children to Italian Christmas traditions with this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

This exercise will strengthen your students' reading comprehension.

Children learn to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" method to write a short summary in this literacy worksheet.

Use this Valentine's Day reader's theater script to engage students as they practice reading fluently.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

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

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

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.

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

Help your child learn the "Wh words," who, what, where, why and when, with this charming story about a day at the dog park.

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.

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.

In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

Children follow along the incredible life story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to rescue hundreds of other enslaved people.

Help your budding reader learn how to spice up a boring biography by asking him to add in the details that make good writing even better.

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.

Learn how the animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to be with this Chinese New Year folktale! 

This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

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.

Use this worksheet to practice matching a character’s actions with their emotions.

Good readers decode words as they read, giving them an ability to read fluently. Use this resource with your students to practice decoding by focusing on the beginning and end sounds in a word.

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Use this high-interest text with your students to practice recognizing the author’s point of view. Students will determine the author’s viewpoint on the subject of the Titanic as they establish their own points of view.

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

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