Reading Teaching Resources for Year 3
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Design Your Own Book Cover Template
Design a new book cover and summarise a book using this one-page, printable template.
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Extreme Environments: Lands of Ice and Sand – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 4 magazine (Issue 3).
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Book Recommendation Template
Create a class book recommendation display with this printable template.
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Year 3 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 3 magazine.
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Guided Reading Groups - Comprehension Question Prompts
Refer to this table during a guided reading session for questions to ask your students before, during and after reading.
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Bike Riding is Awesome! - Comprehension Worksheet
A worksheet about bike riding safety.
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Multiple Intelligences Grid - Reading Activities (A)
A reading activities grid using Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.
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Sequencing - Events Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to sequence important events when reading.
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Recalling Facts - Letter to the Editor Activity
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the cause and effect comprehension strategy.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Recalling Facts And Details
A set of comprehension task cards to help students recall facts and details when reading.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Recognising Cause And Effect
A set of comprehension task cards to help students recognise cause and effect when reading.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Understand Sequence
A set of comprehension task cards to help students understand sequence when reading.
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The Escape Key - Story and Task Cards
An exciting short story about escaping a maze with a set of task cards to explore after the text has been read.
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Comprehension - Why Bears Have Stumpy Tails
A comprehension activity using a narrative text for lower grades.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to help students activate their prior knowledge before reading.
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Homophones Match-Up Cards
Teach your students the meanings and spellings of some common homophones with this set of 32 match-up cards.
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Homophones Practice Workbook 2
Consolidate your students’ ability to recognise homophones in context with this set of 9 worksheets with answers.
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What is Dreaming? Cloze Worksheet
A vocabulary cloze worksheet about dreaming.
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The Egyptian Pyramids - Comprehension Task
A 2 page comprehension task for students to use in the classroom when learning about the Egyptian pyramids.
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QAR Generic Question Cards
A set of 28 generic QAR question cards for students to use as a comprehension task after reading.
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Story Settings Booklet
Explore common story settings in literature with this engaging 8-page mini book that helps students analyse settings from their own reading.
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'Book an Adventure' Colouring In Sheet
Celebrate National Book Week and brighten up your classroom space with a printable ‘Book an Adventure’ Colouring In Activity Sheet.
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Book an Adventure Craft - Suitcase Book Review
Boost reading comprehension skills with a Book an Adventure Craft to engage young readers during Children’s Book Week.
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Author's Purpose Task Cards
Help your students master the skill of identifying the author’s purpose with this set of engaging Author’s Purpose task cards.
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Author’s Purpose Pie Worksheet Set
Practise Author’s Purpose knowledge with this set of Author’s Purpose Worksheets.
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Author’s Purpose Sorting Activity
Use this author’s purpose sort to teach your students the difference between persuasive, informative and narrative writing.
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Self-Monitoring Reading Activities
Explore how to monitor reading while reading with this set of Self-Monitoring Reading Activities task cards.
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Author's Purpose PowerPoint
Use this Author's Purpose PowerPoint to teach your students how to identify the author’s purpose in a text.
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SCOOT! Context Clues Activity Cards
Play SCOOT!, a Context Clues Activity, to practise identifying unknown words in sentences.
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Self Monitoring Reading Checklist Bookmark
Explore self monitoring comprehension with this printable self monitoring reading checklist bookmark for your budding readers.
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ABC Order Spelling Words Worksheet Pack
Practise ABC Order & Spelling Words with printable ABC order spelling worksheet templates.