3rd Grade Reading Worksheets : Page 5

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

The worksheet provides a tool for learners to gather and organize key information about civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

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 exercise will give your students practice reading a text, making a prediction, and citing text evidence to support it. They will use introductory phrases as they complete sentence frames to create strong evidence-based sentences.

Kids match reading genres to descriptions in this worksheet.

Is your child just learning how to cook? Help her learn the fundamentals of kitchen safety with this cheat-sheet.

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Teach your little leprechaun about the various St. Patrick's Day traditions and other fun parts of this special Irish heritage day.

Use this resource to help your students identify story elements in sentences.

Practice comparing two nonfiction texts in this reading comprehension worksheet! 

Use this resource with your students to practice determining who is telling the story. Your students will also practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

In this worksheet, children read a classic fable about a man and his son who get too much advice!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

This graphic organizer guides readers to complete a story map of their reading by having them record the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

Use this resource to help your students identify and explain the problem in a passage using past tense verbs.

With this worksheet, your students will connect the key ideas of this nonfiction text and identify the cause and effect relationships.

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource with your students to get them making connections between two nonfiction texts on the same topic. They will use a Venn diagram to organize the similarities and differences.

In this historical heroes worksheet, children are introduced to Booker T. Washington, who rose from slavery to help found Tuskegee University and advocate for the educational and civl rights of fellow African Americans.

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

Get geared up for the Olympics with this fun reading worksheet about the first modern Olympic games, held in -- where else? -- Greece in 1896.

Students will read a short biography of Keller, then answer a thoughtful prompt designed to help them reflect on what they have read.

A famous "tea party" took place on December 16, 1773, and it was not one that had tea cups and sweet treats. Use this worksheet on the Boston Tea Party to have your students practice relationship between a series of events.

Your third graders will love reading this story about Mike, his friends, the kickball game, and the runaway ball! Use this resource with your students as they answer basic comprehension questions about a fiction text.

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the "shot heard around the world" and began the American Revolution.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

Practice reading nonfiction and making connections in a text with this informational worksheet all about George Washington!