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Third Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Grade 3 stories and exercises.

Use these free, printable worksheets to practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing. Included are fiction and non-fiction passages at a grade 3 level.  All worksheets are pdf files.

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Free children's stories for third grade . Each passages isfollowed by 6 questions. These fiction and non-fiction texts are 350-450 words long.

These historical passages and fables are followed by comprehension questions.  Exercises involve recalling information directly from the text as well as concepts such as prediction, inference and character traits.

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We constructed it this way in order to reduce the amount of pages you need to print. We encourage you to print the version with the answers just once, for your own reference.

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We more strongly encourage you to use these texts online. Other than ecological reasons, practicing reading comprehension online is also much easier to grade, simplifies tracking of progress, adaptive to the level of the specific student, and increases motivation to practice with the students.

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3rd grade teaching tips

One of the primary goals for third-grade readers is to learn common Latin suffixes, which helps them decode words, thus improving reading comprehension. At this age, readers should also be able to understand the main idea of an informational text, retell key details, and explain the interrelationship between the two. Use the tips outlined below to facilitate the acquisition of these skills.

Encourage the Practice of Re-Reading

Not only does re-reading a passage enable third graders to read with improved fluency, but it also encourages improved comprehension of the text. At this age, readers should be able to read approximately 90 words per minute, and using re-reading exercises will encourage the development of that level of reading fluency. Have readers reread short bursts (i.e., a sentence or paragraph) to practice these skills.

Teach Them How to Use a Dictionary

Whether a student uses a hard copy or references an online dictionary, looking up unfamiliar words helps improve reading comprehension very rapidly. Adding unfamiliar words to their lexicon – and learning how to spell those words – will also improve their understanding of the main idea and key details of a text. It’s a great way to become familiar with the meaning of Latin suffixes, too.

Ask Them to Make Predictions

A fun way to engage children in reading is to ask them to make predictions about what might happen next in a passage. Making these kinds of inferences improves their comprehension of the material, enables them to remember what they’ve read, and also challenges them to think creatively about the text.

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3rd grade worksheets

Below are 10 reading comprehension worksheets and tests that are accurately measured to fit the 3rd grade level.

A Problem At The Fire Station

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Calm on job

Answering questions with evidence, Central message, Identifying the author’s point of view, Summarizing

Car For Sale!

Central message, Identifying the author’s point of view, Summarizing

Summarizing (usually with written responses), Central message

Roller Coaster

Understanding figurative language, Central message, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Facts vs. opinions inference

Central message, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Facts vs. opinions inference, Identifying intent and conclusions

The New Law

Facts vs. opinions inference, Identifying intent and conclusions, Central message, Identifying the main topic and key ideas

Thinking First

Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying intent and conclusions

Summarizing (usually with written responses), Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas.

Where We Live

Central message, lesson or moral ,Identifying the author’s point of view

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Download these FREE 3rd-grade reading comprehension worksheets and use them in class today! These PDF worksheets are designed for readers at a grade 3 level and include both fiction and non-fiction passages. Each passage is engaging without being overly complex and is followed by five reading comprehension questions designed to help students practice extracting and interpreting information from texts.

Worksheet 1: Main Idea (Non-Fiction)

Title: a journey through the rainforest.

A 3rd grade reading comprehension worksheet about the rainforest

This first worksheet contains a short passage about the rainforest followed by five reading comprehension questions. The questions aim to help students identify the main idea of the passage and the details supporting this main idea.

Worksheet 2: Sequence Of Events (Fiction)

Title: lucy’s first soccer game.

A grade 3 reading comprehension worksheet

This next reading comprehension worksheet is a fictional passage about a girl named Lucy’s first soccer game. Students should read the passage and answer the questions on the next page. The questions aim to help students understand the sequence of events in the story.

Worksheet 3: Cause And Effect (Non-Fiction)

Title: from seed to sunflower.

A 3rd grade reading comprehension worksheet

This next worksheet asks students to read the passage and then answer questions about the cause-and-effect relationship in the life cycle of a sunflower.

Worksheet 4: Character Analysis (Fiction)

Title: charlie the brave little rabbit.

Grade 3 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This fictional reading passage is a bout a brave rabbit named Charlie. Students are asked to read the passage and answer the reading comprehension questions on the next page. These questions aim to encourage students to analyze Charlie’s character based on his actions and decisions.

Worksheet 5: Comparing and Contrasting (Non-Fiction)

Title: polar bears and penguins.

Grade 3 Reading Comprehension Worksheet 5

This last worksheet is a non-fiction passage about the habits of polar bears and penguins. The reading comprehension questions about this passage guide students to compare and contrast the two animals based on the information in the passage.

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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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Click on the title of each worksheets to download the printable PDF. Students should read each passage and then answer related questions. They can also write answers on another page or back of the worksheet.

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Our free 3rd grade reading comprehension worksheets provide opportunities for kids to demonstrate a clear understanding of a text by referring explicitly to parts of it. They determine the meaning of new words using contextual clues, recount key details, categorize information, find causes and effects, understand characters, and more.

Our pdf reading passage worksheets are perfect for children in grade 3.

A Trip to the Aquarium

Gabe would visit the aquarium, dine at the café, and then recount everything to Granny. Find the moral and answer the questions in this 3rd grade fictional passage.

A Trip to the Aquarium

Cooking in the Kitchen

To the excitement of David, the food is yummy, so he doesn't leave a morsel behind. Scan through this printable reading comprehension passage and answer the questions.

Cooking in the Kitchen

Learning in the Library

All the information collected from the books should help Dylan's school project stand out; this story will have an inspiring effect on kids as they read on to answer the questions.

Learning in the Library

From sporting bright colors to being able to mimic human speech, macaws are a source of amusement, as you'll explore while reading the story and following it up with a matching exercise and more.

Macaws

Encourage kids to read more informational passages like "The Gecko" as they practice and master the sorting skill, among others, in this grade 3 printable reading passage.

The Gecko

A Job Well Done

Harriet and Uncle Rick come up trumps at the end of this planting-trees story, thanks in no small part to Uncle Rick's instructions. The questions included address several key reading skills.

A Job Well Done

The MCQs and the moral-of-the-story question included in this pdf work well to support kids' moral development, information retention, reviewing chops, and critical thinking.

Mail Call

The Great Chore Trade Mishap

Skim and scan this 3rd grade story comprehension worksheet, while taking in the fact that doing chores is all about teamwork and understanding.

The Great Chore Trade Mishap

Animal Adaptations

Learn three ways in which animals adapt to different environments in this grade 3 informational passage worksheet and answer questions like MCQs, sorting, and more.

Animal Adaptations

Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Many Talents

An inventor, a writer, a statesman—you name it, Benjamin Franklin is all of these things. Read this informational passage, and answer questions that center around what, how, and who.

Benjamin Franklin - A Man of Many Talents

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Read more about the 32nd president of the United States in this grade 3 reading comprehension worksheet, and prove your mettle by answering questions that mostly test your contextual understanding of the text.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Predators and Prey

The questions, asking for specific details, included in this printable informational passage tremendously boost children's ability to differentiate, identify the main idea, and more.

Predators and Prey

Much of the story's delight is found in the way Bianca and Elsa perceive spiders. Read through this pdf and distinguish between the two points of view.

Spiders

The Statue of Liberty

Learn about the Statue of Liberty soup to nuts and answer questions that put your comprehension skills to the test by covering every nook and cranny of the informational passage.

The Statue of Liberty

The White House

This printable informational reading passage tests your grade 3 kids' knowledge of history and fosters a love for the White House.

The White House

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3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Compiled here is a collection of printable 3rd-grade reading comprehension worksheets featuring thought-provoking stories, poems and informational texts with visually appealing illustrations that grab the attention of children at once. Kids refer explicitly to the text to answer the questions, determine the moral of a text, distinguish between literal and non-literal language, describe the chief characters and read the passages with grade-appropriate accuracy and expression. Download some worksheets for free and give them a head-start in learning!

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The Seasons | Non-fiction

The Seasons | Non-fiction

The informational text has many interesting facts. Kids learn to derive answers from the text and add the suffixes -er and -est to make the comparative and superlative degrees of a few adjectives. It's a lot easier than it sounds.

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Running with the Thing | Fiction

Running with the Thing | Fiction

This story is going to cast a spell on you with its mysterious setting. The printable ELA worksheet introduces idioms and elicits responses based on the story. Read the story to figure out what 'the Thing' actually is!

The Talented Dog | Non-fiction

The Talented Dog | Non-fiction

This informative piece has it that dogs make great friends for people. With a wide range of questions, including sentence formation, the central message, and finding evidence, this is more than engaging.

My Pet | Poem

My Pet | Poem

Have you ever had an unusual pet? The child in the poem has one, who is all ears to the child's stories. Read the poem to find out who it is and help kids answer questions and analyze the character of the child as well.

Finding Billy's Bike | Fiction

Finding Billy's Bike | Fiction

Jenna sets out when Rose needs help with the missing bike. The 3rd grade worksheet introduces an important Common Core aspect in reading comprehension: "making explicit reference to the text", among other questions.

Making a Rainbow | Fiction

Making a Rainbow | Fiction

Colors have always fascinated kids and life without them would be boring! Find textual evidence to support arguments and equip kids with a few antonyms using the comprehension questions featured in this pdf.

Mousy's Lucky Day | Fiction

Mousy's Lucky Day | Fiction

Caught between exhilaration and compassion, Mousy is a little confused. This grade 3 worksheet first interests with an MCQ, before it intrigues with some inference and "moral" questions.

Kite Rider | Fiction

Kite Rider | Fiction

Here, the child is thrilled to bits, but the thought of not being able to see his parents sends shudders down his spine. This worksheet is engrossing, with questions as diverse as T/F, MCQ, and reflecting on the story.

Autumn's Artwork | Poem

Autumn's Artwork | Poem

Thanks to the nuance and precision it displays, Autumn has turned out to be an astoundingly catchy work of art. Here's a great help in finding and masterfully using topic-specific words, part and parcel of the Common Core Standards for reading.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival | Non-fiction

The National Cherry Blossom Festival | Non-fiction

The National Cherry Blossom Festival attracts many tourists to New York. What makes this grade 3 printable a class apart is, kids learn a beautiful metaphor. Another interesting aspect is adverbs.

In Daddy's Socks | Fiction

In Daddy's Socks | Fiction

This is a refreshing take on a child's fancy about its Daddy's socks. In the reading comprehension worksheet pdf, children test how well they can make inferences from the text, learn yet another idiom and attempt questions based on the passage.

George Washington | Non-fiction

George Washington | Non-fiction

George Washington was the first president of America, and he set an expemplary model for the future presidents. He was also a skilled soldier. The questions include an MCS, defintion, finding specific details and more.

States of Matter

States of Matter

Everything is made of matter. Whether it’s people, flowers, or clouds, they all have these tiny particles called matter. This reading comprehension for 3rd grade is an informational text where kids answer questions like identifying a statement that’s not true.

Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty

Tall, inspiring, and historical, the Statue of Liberty had a little longer name originally – the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. This printable passage contains questions that test skills like finding the main idea, looking for key details, and more.

Forest Ecosystem

Forest Ecosystem

Trees, moss, animals, and bugs flourish in a forest ecosystem. Every group has a place in this amazing community. This reading comprehension worksheet pdf is abounding in knowledge. Questions include sorting details pertaining to different forest types and more.

Gecko Gets Growing

Gecko Gets Growing

Liam’s heart sank when one day he saw Clyde, his pet gecko, pale and sick. But a close look had him smiling, for Clyde was just shedding skin and not sick. Enjoy this passionate yet informative reading comprehension passage, learn from it, and answer some questions.

Our Solar System

Our Solar System

Ours is just one of the many planetary systems in the universe, where planets orbit a host star. Apart from the Earth, there are seven other planets in the Milky Way. Comprehend the key idea of this informational text and try answering the questions that follow.

A Visit to the Horse Farm

A Visit to the Horse Farm

Kendra is having a great time riding the horse during her visit to Grandpa and Grandma. As she swung her legs across the saddle, Grandpa gave her a boost. Answer an inference questions, write the meaning of a phrase and find evidence to support an opinion.

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