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3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

The 3rd grade reading comprehension activities below are coordinated with the 3rd grade spelling words curriculum on a week-to-week basis, so both can be used together as part of a comprehensive program, or each part can be used separately. The worksheets include third grade appropriate reading passages and related questions. Each worksheet (as well as the spelling words ) also includes a cross-curricular focus on earth science, physical science, history, social sciences, mathematics and life sciences. This allows students to build their reading comprehension skills and reinforce knowledge in other subject areas. There are 36 weeks of third grade worksheets, following most standard school year calendars.

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Adapting to Survive

Week 10 Reading Comprehension (C-10). A passage about how living things have certain adaptations that allow them to survive. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

An Independent Nation

Week 35 Reading Comprehension (C-35). Reading segment about the time leading up to U.S. Independence. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Classifying Triangles

Week 17 Reading Comprehension (C-17). Passage and questions about equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangles. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Community Connections

Week 26 Reading Comprehension (C-26). A passage about our communities and the interactions we have with other people. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Competing for Resources

Week 13 Reading Comprehension (C-13). A reading passage that describes how plant and animals compete for limited resources. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Converting Energy to Motion

Week 2 Reading Comprehension (C-2). A passage and questions about how energy can be stored and converted. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Displaying Data

Week 23 Reading Comprehension (C-23). A reading segment describing the use of data to make graphs. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Elements and Atoms

Week 7 Reading Comprehension (C-7). Reading passage describing the relationship between elements and atoms. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Week 25 Reading Comprehension (C-25). A passage and comprehension questions about using estimation on math problems Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Evaluating in Math

Week 3 Reading Comprehension (C-3). A reading passage and questions about the meaning of “Evaluate” when it is used in mathematics. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Forms of Matter

Week 1 Reading Comprehension (C-1). A reading passage and comprehension questions about the different forms of matter. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Galileo and His Telescope

Week 19 Reading Comprehension (C-19). A story about the origins of Galileo’s telescope Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Geometric Shape Names

Week 15 Reading Comprehension (C-15). A reading passage and questions about how geometric shape names use number prefixes. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Habitat Destruction

Week 12 Reading Comprehension (C-12). A short passage about human impact on plants and animals. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

In danger of Extinction

Week 14 Reading Comprehension (C-14). A passage about the Koala and how it faces possible extinction. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Kinds of Angles

Week 18 Reading Comprehension (C-18). A description and comprehension questions about the different types of angles. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Location, Location, Location

Week 29 Reading Comprehension (C-29). A brief passage about a location’s resources, climate and terrain affect livability. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Making Predictions

Week 22 Reading Comprehension (C-22). A comprehension passage about using predictions before reading. Cross-Curricular Focus: Study Skills.

National Symbols

Week 27 Reading Comprehension (C-27). Reading passage about our national symbols like the flag and bald eagle. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Phases of the Moon

Week 16 Reading Comprehension (C-16). Reading comprehension passage about the different phases of the moon. Cross-Curricular Focus: Earth Science.

3rd Grade Reading Worksheets

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Baby animals!

What's a baby cat called? In this language arts worksheet, your child does some basic research to find and write the names of baby animals, then uses a thesaurus to find adjectives that mean very small.

Compound words: all mixed up!

These compound words are mixed up — can you fix them? In this language arts worksheet, your child gets practice decoding erroneous compound words, correcting them, and writing accurate compound words.

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are words that join sentences. In this writing worksheet, your child gets practice combining two sentences into one using different conjunctions.

Some books have a glossary. In this reading worksheet, your child learns what a glossary is and gets practice using a glossary to answer questions.

Can you figure out the word? Homographs are words with multiple meanings. In this vocabulary-building worksheet, your child will write the word that matches all three definitions given.

Write or right? In this language arts worksheet, your child will look up sets of homophones to learn the definitions of the all the like-sounding (but differently spelled) words.

How to write a story

In this set of reading and writing worksheets, your children will first read two short stories for mechanics, then draw and label a diagram about those stories, answer prompts to create their own story, and finish by writing a complete story!

Poems: a mysterious story (meaning and mechanics)

Who is the Traveler? In this language arts worksheet, your child will read the poem aloud and then answer a series of reading comprehension questions about key details, overall meaning, and mechanics of the poem.

Poems: a mysterious story (pronouns)

The writer avoids pronouns by repeating the nouns. In this language arts worksheet, your child will get practice identifying nouns and pronouns by comparing and contrasting a section of a poem with pronouns replacing nouns.

Poems: haiku and cinquain

In this language arts worksheet, your child learns about two types of poems that need specific numbers of syllables in each line - haiku and cinquain - and then tries writing each type of poem.

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Reading Comprehension Worksheets for 3rd Graders

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Cause and Effect Worksheets

Find Cause and Effect with Pictures Worksheet

Enhance comprehension with our picture-based cause and effect worksheet. Explore the relationship between events through visual cues for improved understanding.

Identify the Cause and Effect Worksheet

Dive into cause and effect analysis with our engaging worksheet. Gain insights into interconnected events and improve comprehension. Explore our resources now!

Lets Link the Cause and Effect Worksheet

Understand the impact of events with our engaging cause and effect worksheet. Start learning today!

Pick Out the Cause Worksheet

Strengthen comprehension skills with our engaging worksheet. Explore cause and effect relationships for enhanced critical thinking and analytical abilities.

Inference Worksheets

Image Inference: Enhance Critical Thinking Skills Worksheet

Enhance inferencing skills through engaging picture-based activities. Develop the ability to draw conclusions and make inferences based on visual clues.

Is it Inferred or Explicit? Worksheet

Deepen reading comprehension by identifying inferred and explicit information. Uncover hidden meanings with our thought-provoking worksheet.

Drawing Inferences Worksheet

Sharpen your inference skills with our interactive worksheet. Learn to draw logical conclusions and make insightful deductions from the given information.

Can You Predict? Worksheet

In this interactive worksheet, predict outcomes based on the given information. Foster your critical thinking and prediction abilities today!

Prediction Worksheets

Making Predictions Worksheet

In this worksheet, budding readers predict what will happen next in the story. Students sharpen their prediction skills and enhance critical thinking.

What Can You Infer? Worksheet

Enhance your critical thinking skills with our inference worksheet. Develop the ability to make informed judgments and draw logical inferences.

Sort the Inferred and Explicit Information Worksheet

Uncover the hidden meaning with our thought-provoking worksheet. Enhance reading comprehension skills by identifying inferred and explicit information.

Lets Predict! Worksheet

Time to put your child's prediction power to work as they read and use picture clues to determine what happens next with this exciting prediction worksheet!

Sequencing Worksheets

Can You Sequence It? Worksheet

Practice storytelling skills with our sequencing worksheet. Enhance comprehension, order events, and enhance narrative abilities. Get started now!

Making Connections with Sequencing Words Worksheet

Master the art of sequencing! Our fun worksheet on arranging steps in the correct order will sharpen your skills in using sequencing words.

Lets Recall the Order! Worksheet

This well-curated worksheet consists of a fun short story along with a unique graphic organizer that helps children capture the order of events in the story.

Its Time for a Surprise!: Practice Comprehension Skills Worksheet

Max is now a big brother, so it's time to throw a surprise party. Read all about it in this story and test your comprehension skills with the graphic organizer.

Story Elements Worksheets

Lets Practice Plot Elements! Worksheet

This well-curated worksheet consists of a fun activity around plot elements along with an interesting short story for children to enjoy.

Elements of a Story Worksheet

In this fun worksheet, children will learn about the various elements that complete a story: characters, setting, plot, etc. Let's start practising now!

The Story Elements of The Snowshoeing Day Worksheet

Are you wondering what makes a good story? Read on to find out in this fun reading worksheet!

Sequence the Words Correctly Worksheet

Our interactive worksheet challenges you to complete the passage by filling in the right sequence words. Practice and enhance your writing skills.

Authors Purpose Worksheets

Decoding the Authors Mind Worksheet

Develop a deeper understanding of the author's purpose with our comprehensive worksheet. Analyze texts and uncover the motive behind writing them!

Find Out the Authors Intent Worksheet

Discover the author's purpose in a text with our reading worksheet. Enhance comprehension and engage in insightful reading. Start analyzing today!

Read and Present the Evidence Worksheet

Enhance critical thinking and evaluation skills with our engaging worksheet! Practice identifying correct and incorrect claims and provide supporting evidence.

Discover the Reasoning and Evidence Worksheet

Strengthen reasoning and evidence-based thinking with our engaging worksheet. Students will develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Compare and Contrast Worksheets

Dive into Planetary Compare and Contrast Worksheet

Unlock the power of comparison and contrast with our engaging worksheet. Develop critical thinking abilities and enhance learning outcomes. Elevate your skills!

Identify the Similarities and Differences Worksheet

Enhance critical thinking with our compare and contrast worksheet. Analyze similarities and differences efficiently!

Analyze the Similarities and Differences Worksheet

Analyze differences and similarities for a comprehensive understanding and boost your cognitive skills. Get started with this fun worksheet today!

Compare and Contrast with Venn Diagrams Worksheet

Enhance critical thinking skills with our image-based compare and contrast worksheet. Boost visual analysis for effective learning.

Ask and Answer Questions Worksheets

Answer the Questions Worksheet

Boost knowledge retention with our interactive "Answer the Questions" worksheet. Enhance comprehension and critical thinking skills today!

Lets Become Question and Answer Champions Worksheet

Develop questioning techniques with our interactive worksheet. Master the art of asking and answering questions for effective communication. Get started today!

Asking the Right Questions Worksheet

Foster active learning with this question-and-answer worksheet. Develop effective communication and logical thinking. Access our engaging resources today!

Lets read The Snowshoeing Day! Worksheet

Snowshoeing is fun! It's time to read a super exciting story about a little boy's first snowshoeing experience and test your comprehension skills.

Point of View Worksheets

Identify the Perspectives in the Text Worksheet

Is the glass half empty or half full? Explore diverse perspectives and broaden understanding with our engaging point-of-view worksheet.

Understanding Point of View Worksheet

Broaden your understanding with our point of view worksheet. Explore different perspectives and enhance critical thinking skills through engaging exercises.

Whats Your Point of View? Worksheet

Share your viewpoints and sharpen critical thinking abilities through our thought-provoking worksheet.

Reality and Fantasy Worksheets

Reality Check Challenge Worksheet

Uncover the difference between fiction and reality with our captivating worksheet. Develop critical thinking skills and unravel the power of storytelling.

Spot Whats Real and Whats Not Worksheet

Develop critical thinking with our fiction and non-fiction identification worksheets. Develop critical thinking and improve reading comprehension today!

Sorting it Out: Real or Fantasy? Worksheet

Is it real or fantasy? Engage young minds with our image-based fiction and non-fiction worksheet. Foster literacy development through captivating visuals.

Sorting it Out: Reality or Fiction? Worksheet

Engage in the fascinating realm of fiction and non-fiction through our worksheet. Sharpen analytical skills and embrace the wonders of both genres.

Using Illustrations Worksheets

Complete the Story Worksheet

Complete the story by examining pictures. Enjoy this engaging and interactive task to enhance your storytelling skills. Join the adventure today!

Can You Guess Using Illustrations? Worksheet

Decode the illustrations to find answers. Boost your critical thinking skills through this engaging worksheet. Start guessing now!

Reading the Illustrations Worksheet

Experience interactive learning with our image-based worksheet. Unlock answers visually and effortlessly. Start exploring now!

Match the Picture with the Descriptions Worksheet

Develop visual and cognitive abilities with our engaging picture-matching worksheet. Exciting activities to improve critical thinking skills in a fun way!

Using Text Features Worksheets

Whats in a Newspaper? Worksheet

Learning text features comes alive in this observe and record worksheet, where students will dive into text resources around them and improve their comprehension skills!

Identify and Label the Text Features Worksheet

Empower your reading skills with text features! Our interactive worksheet helps you understand different elements for better comprehension.

Text Structures: Take a Guess Worksheet

Test your knowledge of literary structures with our engaging reading worksheet. Guess whether the given information represents a stanza, paragraph, chapter, or scene.

Context Clues Worksheets

Looking for Word Clues Worksheet

Enhance your language proficiency with our contextual word meaning worksheets. Expand vocabulary, uncover word meanings, and boost reading comprehension skills.

Spotting Synonyms & Antonyms Worksheet

Practice synonyms and antonyms, enrich your vocabulary, and enhance your language proficiency with our engaging worksheet!

Building Vocabulary with Context Clues Worksheet

Enhance vocabulary, identify word meanings, and boost language skills with our interactive worksheet. Become a vocabulary master today!

Understanding Clues Worksheet

Decipher context clues and enhance your reading comprehension skills with our engaging worksheet. Start mastering context clues now!

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Can You Find the Main Idea? Worksheet

Children will practice identifying the main idea and key details in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Let's Predict: What Happens Next?

Engage your child with this printable reading worksheet to enhance their prediction skills with a fun writing activity.

Mastering the Central Message Worksheet

Uncover the central message and theme with our interactive worksheet. Engage in captivating exercises that enhance comprehension skills. Perfect for young readers!

Lets Explore Characters! Worksheet

Get your child to dive deeper into understanding characters through this fun-filled character analysis worksheet.

Cracking the Main Idea Worksheet

Develop critical thinking abilities through our comprehensive key details and main idea worksheet. Perfect for building strong comprehension!

Prediction Practice: What Happens Next?

Inspire children to practice prediction with this engaging spaceship-themed worksheet, designed to build comprehension skills.

Lets Read: Still Water Adventure Worksheet

This worksheet will help strengthen your child's reading comprehension. Get started now!

Decoding the Main Idea Worksheet

Enhance your reading skills with our comprehensive main idea and summary worksheet. Develop critical thinking abilities and easily identify key points!

Predict the Mystery: Sarah's Midnight Adventure

Discover the joy of creative writing and practice prediction with our fun worksheet on a midnight adventure.

Map that Character in The Snowshoeing Day Worksheet

It's only possible to imagine a story with characters, isn't it? Read on to find out more about the characters of this story.

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Each passage is followed by questions which the child may answer by writing in the space provided or by verbalizing the answer to his tutor or parent. Texts are approximately at a 3rd grade reading level.

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The Little Red Cape      525 Words

Amusement Park Problem      407 words

Anna and Her Basketball Adventure     350 words

Hats in Harvard      450 words

Helping Hally      260 words

The Book, the Girl and the Closet      510 words

My New Scooter      422 words

The Solver     376 words

Tag Rules!      370 words

Amanda's News      391 words

Will the Wolf      459 words

An Idea for Tucker      615 words

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In Their Own Words      405 words

What are Clouds?     377 words

How to Make Ice Cream    290 words

Landforms      293 words

Life cycles      288 words

Force    372 words

Healthy Muscles Matter    450 words

The Bee      200 words

The Hunters and the Hunted      405 words

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An Age-By-Age Guide to Helping Kids Manage Homework

D o you ever wonder whether homework is gauging the child’s ability to complete assignments or the parent’s? On one end of the spectrum, a parent might never mention homework and assume it gets done independently; on the other end are the parents who micromanage to be sure every worksheet is absolutely perfect.

Being too laissez faire about homework might deny a child the support they need to develop executive functioning skills, but being too involved could stifle their independence. So how much parent participation in homework is actually appropriate throughout a child’s education?

Basic homework tips

According to Scholastic , you should follow these rules of thumb to support your child during homework (without going overboard):

• Stay nearby and available for questions without getting right in the middle of homework.
• Avoid the urge to correct mistakes unless your child asks for help.
• Instead of nagging, set up a homework routine with a dedicated time and place.
• Teach time management for a larger project by helping them break it into chunks.

Child psychologist Dr. Emily W. King recently wrote about rethinking homework in her newsletter. King explains at what ages kids are typically able to do homework independently, but she writes that each child’s ability to concentrate at the end of the day and use executive functioning skills for completing tasks is very individual. I talked to her for more information on how much parental involvement in homework completion is needed, according to a child’s age and grade level.

Kindergarten to second grade

Whether children even need homework this early is a hot debate. Little ones are still developing fine motor skills and their ability to sit still and pay attention at this age.

“If a child is given homework before their brain and body are able to sit and focus independently, then we are relying on the parent or other caregivers to sit with the child to help them focus,” King said. “Think about when the child is able to sit and focus on non-academic tasks like dinner, art, or music lessons. This will help you tease out executive functioning skills from academic understanding.”

Elementary-age children need time for unstructured play and structured play like music, arts, and sports. They need outside time, free time, and quiet time, King said. For children who are not ready for independent work, nightly reading with another family member is enough “homework,” she said.

Third to fifth grades

Many children will be able to do homework independently in grades 3-5. Even then, their ability to focus and follow through may vary from day to day.

“Most children are ready for practicing independent work between third and fifth grade, but maybe not yet in the after-school hours when they are tired and want to rest or play. We need to begin exposing children to organization and structure independently in late elementary school to prepare them for more independence in middle school,” King said.

Neurodivergent kids may need more parental support for several years before they work independently.

“Neurodivergent children, many of whom have executive functioning weaknesses, are not ready to work independently in elementary school. Children without executive functioning weaknesses (e.g., the ability to remain seated and attend to a task independently) are able to do this somewhere between third and fifth grade, but it’s very possible they can work independently at school but be too tired to do it later in the afternoon,” King said. “We need to follow the child’s skills and give them practice to work independently when they seem ready. Of course, if a child wants to do extra work after school due to an interest, go for it.”

For students who are not ready to work independently in middle school, it is better to reduce the amount of homework they are expected to complete so they can practice independence and feel successful.

Middle school

In sixth grade and later, kids are really developing executive functioning skills like planning, organizing, paying attention, initiating, shifting focus, and execution. They will still need your encouragement to keep track of assignments, plan their time, and stick to a homework routine.

“Middle school students need lots of organization support and putting systems in place to help them keep track of assignments, due dates, and materials,” King said.

High school

By this point, congratulations: You can probably be pretty hands-off with homework. Remain open and available if your teen needs help negotiating a problem, but executing plans should be up to them now.

“In high school, parents are working to put themselves out of a job and begin stepping back as children take the lead on homework. Parents of high schoolers are ‘homework consultants,’” King said. “We are there to help solve problems, talk through what to say in an email to a teacher, but we are not writing the emails or talking to the teachers for our kids.”

What if homework is not working for them (or you)

There are a number of reasons a child might not be managing homework at the same level as their peers, including academic anxiety and learning disabilities.

If your child is showing emotional distress at homework time, it might be a sign that they have run out of gas from the structure, socialization, and stimulation they have already been through at school that day. One way to support kids is to teach them how to have a healthy balance of work and play time.

“When we ask students to keep working after school when their tank is on empty, we likely damage their love of learning and fill them with dread for tomorrow,” King wrote in her newsletter.

King said in her experience as a child psychologist, the amount of homework support a child needs is determined by their individual abilities and skills more than their age or grade level.

“All of these steps vary for a neurodivergent child and we are not following these guidelines by age or grade but rather by their level of skills development to become more independent,” she said. “In order to independently complete homework, a child must be able to have attended to the directions in class, brought the materials home, remember to get the materials out at home, remember to begin the task, understand the task, remain seated and attention long enough to complete the task, be able to complete the task, return the work to their backpack, and return the work to the teacher. If any of these skills are weak or the child is not able to do these independently, there will be a breakdown in the system of homework. You can see why young students and neurodivergent students would struggle with this process.”

If you and your child have trouble meeting homework expectations, talk to their teacher about what could be contributing to the problem and how to modify expectations for them.

“Get curious about your child’s skill level at that time of day,” King said. “Are they able to work independently at school but not at home? Are they not able to work independently any time of day? Are they struggling with this concept at school, too? When are they successful?”

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