3rd Grade Reading Resources : Page 5

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.

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!

Sail back in time to Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, with this fun, fact-filled worksheet.

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.

Children will use six question words — who, what, when, where, why, and how — to identify the problem and solution in a short passage.

Use this resource to get your students comparing and contrasting information from two short texts.

Use this exercise to give your students practice gaining information from both the text and the text features. Help your learners build a foundation of comprehension when reading nonfiction text.

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

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.