3rd Grade Reading Worksheets : Page 3

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

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.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Use this resource for fluency practice.

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

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

Use this resource with your students as they identify the different ways a character tries to solve a problem.

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

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Get familiar with some types of poetry in this worksheet that covers different poetry structures.

Young historians learn about four pioneering female scientists as they hone their research skills in this Who Am I? Women in Science worksheet.

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

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!

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.

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.

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

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Get your third grader familiar with basic poetry vocabulary in this diagram worksheet

Get your students to ask, “Why did that happen?” Support them as they make connections between key ideas in a nonfiction text about thunderstorms.

Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.

This worksheet helps your child focus on prediction and comprehension in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Kids will read the classic fable and answer written prompts.

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

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 comparing and contrasting characters in works of fiction with this versatile graphic organizer.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

Making inferences is a critical skill for young readers to master, as it helps them look beyond the words on the page to figure out the author's message. Use these simple sentences to get your students started in making their own inferences!