3rd Grade Reading Resources : Page 4

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

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

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.

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.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

Learn the basic facts about the U.S. flag and see the different places where it's waved.

Children learn about George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, in this historical heroes worksheet.

Use this worksheet to practice identifying and describing text features.

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

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

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

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

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

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

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

This ELA-focused choice board is perfect for supporting independence and encouraging students to practice their reading skills, build reading fluency, and boost reading comprehension.

Get to know scientist, artist, and activist Mae Jemsion in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Have your third grader practice their reading fluency with this passage about Autumn.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Children learn about the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, in this timeline activity.

Children use their investigative skills and powers of deduction to complete a series of questions and prompts about their local government.  

Use this reading and writing worksheet to help second and third graders learn about the inspiring work of Jane Goodall, famous scientist and conservationist.

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

Use this resource to teach your students to identify cause and effect relationships in context by looking at the signal words.

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Have you ever been the new kid? Well, maybe you can relate to the character’s point of view. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying the point of view of a text and explaining the character’s opinions.