3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Resources : Page 9

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

In this historical heroes worksheet, children are introduced to Booker T. Washington, who rose from slavery to help found Tuskegee University and advocate for the educational and civl rights of fellow African Americans.

Readers practice describing fictional characters using their own words with this graphic organizer template.

Use this resource to closely read a nonfiction text, come up with questions, and use text evidence to find the answers.

Celebrate the contributions of famous Irish Americans with this worksheet. Read a bit about each famous figure and complete a comprehension exercise.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, children read a fable of a man, a boy, and a donkey who are headed to market, and the advice they get along the way!

Get geared up for the Olympics with this fun reading worksheet about the first modern Olympic games, held in -- where else? -- Greece in 1896.

After reading The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, complete this comprehension page to test your understanding of the story.

Ancient mariners mistook the manatee for a mermaid! Your young biologist won't make the same mistake after learning about the manatee with this worksheet.

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this exercise to teach your students how to gain information from the text and the text features to better understand a topic.

Travel to the Land of the Munchkins in this Wizard of Oz worksheet, which focuses on story details and setting.

Good readers are able to compare and contrast key points between two texts on the same topic. With this worksheet, your students will practice this important concept by reading two different texts on feeding pets and identifying the similarities and diffe

This quick activity will enable your students to practice the skill of making predictions.

Use this graphic organizer to list comparisons between two nouns.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Children practice parts of speech as they learn about this special poetry genre.

Located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. the Lincoln Memorial honors our 16th president.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Assess your students' read-alouds with this versatile rubric.

Use this handy story map to help students organize the events and lessons in the fables and folktales they read.

Characters often change over the course of a story, and this worksheet will help young readers track and understand their development. Students can use this graphic organizer to consider various elements of a character's development throughout a story.

Is your kid struggling with reading comprehension? Try this short and sweet story from Oscar Wilde.

Beginning readers will love this short story by Rudyard Kipling, all about how the animals were first domesticated.