Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for 3rd Grade
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Main Idea Task Cards
Practice finding the main idea and supporting detail in a passage with these task cards.
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Main Idea and Details Worksheets
Practice finding the main idea and supporting detail with this pack of main idea worksheets.
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Metaphors Worksheet
Practice identifying and using metaphors with this differentiated metaphors worksheet.
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George Washington Comprehension Worksheet - Primary Grades
Read and learn about the father of our country, George Washington, with a reading passage and comprehension questions.
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The Water Cycle – Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Enhance your students’ comprehension and science vocabulary skills with this water cycle worksheet.
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Daniel Boone Constructed Response Worksheet
Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a constructed response worksheet about Daniel Boone and American Westward Expansion.
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The Pony Express Worksheet- Comprehension Passage
Teach your students how to write a constructed response paragraph and integrate grade level Social studies concepts with a free Pony Express worksheet and ten-question comprehension assessment.
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Text Structures Sorting Activity
A set of 24 text structure cards to use in a sorting or scoot activity.
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Finding the Theme Worksheet
Identify and explain the theme in 3 short story paragraphs provided in this worksheet.
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Setting-Plot Relationship Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the connections between setting and plot.
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Character Traits Graphic Organizer
Describe the most notable mental and moral qualities of a real or fictional person.
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Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion Task Cards and Worksheets
Use these engaging task cards to help your students distinguish between fact and opinion when reading various texts.
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Compare and Contrast Reading Comprehension Task
Help students strengthen their compare and contrast reading comprehension skills by reading an engaging passage about cats and dogs.
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Expert Observers - Scientists Reading Passage Pack
Boost reading skills and introduce your students to a world of expert observers with a set of printable Expert Observers Reading Comprehension Worksheets.
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Adapt a Short Story – Write the Ending
Get your students to write the ending of an existing story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Story Settings Booklet
Explore common story settings in literature with this engaging 8-page mini book that helps students analyze settings from their own reading.
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Adventures in Reading Word Search
Kick off a new unit or review literary vocabulary with a printable Adventures in Reading Word Search.
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Authors Purpose Craft Template Bundle
Explore Author's Purpose with this fun and engaging set of Author's Purpose craft templates.
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'I Can' Statement Cards - Primary Literacy Display
Highlight your classroom learning targets with printable 'I Can' Statements for lower primary students.
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Character Profile Template Pack
Explore the personality, appearance, feelings and actions of a character with printable character profile templates.
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Informative Writing Fact Files - Differentiated Writing Worksheets
Teach your students to write informative texts using a pack of differentiated Informative Writing Fact File Worksheets.
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Using Tables of Contents Worksheets
Download these table of contents worksheets to provide your students with practice working with this valuable nonfiction text feature.
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Nonfiction Text Features Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use this text features matching worksheet when exploring the features of nonfiction texts with your students.
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The Force of Gravity Comprehension Worksheets
Download this gravity worksheet to teach your 3rd grade students about the force of gravity and its impact on our daily lives.
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Glossaries Worksheets
Download these glossary worksheets to provide your students with practice working with this valuable nonfiction text feature.
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Comparing Characters - Graphic Organizers
Encourage your students to compare story characters with this set of differentiated graphic organisers that can be used with any text.
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Main Idea Comprehension Task Cards and Worksheets
Download this set of comprehension task cards to help students find the main idea when reading.
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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Text — Instructional Slide Deck
Build skills in identifying main idea and details in nonfiction texts with an instructional slide deck for primary grades.
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13 Colonies Reading Passages - New England, Southern, and Middle Colonies
Build reading comprehension skills and knowledge of the New England, Southern, and Middle colonies with printable comprehension worksheets.
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Author’s Purpose Task Cards and Worksheets
Download these author’s purpose task cards to help students identify and understand why authors write various types of texts.
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Free Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
Practice identifying cause and effect with a blank cause and effect graphic organizer.
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The Intolerable Acts Worksheets
Practice close reading strategies, vocabulary, and writing skills with an Intolerable Acts worksheet and writing prompt.