3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Resources : Page 3

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

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

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Get to know pioneering astrophysicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson in this reading comprehension worksheet!

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!

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

Children follow along the incredible life story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to rescue hundreds of other enslaved people.

Learn about facts vs. opinions in this reading comprehension worksheet. Kids will read two sets of text and decide which is fact and which is opinion.

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

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

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

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

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

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

This excerpt has exactly 100 words and is great reading practice for your little quaterbacks!

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

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.

Use this worksheet to practice identifying and describing text features.

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

Explore alliteration in poetry by sniffing out repeated sounds in a favorite springtime poem: Casey at the Bat.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

This passage will challenge your 3rd graders to think deeper into the text to strengthen their comprehension skills.

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

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.

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.