Figure Skating – Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Reading comprehension is the skill of holding a whole story in mind — who is in it, what they practice, and how the last line answers the first. This Figure Skating Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives third graders an original story about a young skater named Juliana, her Saturday practices at the rink, and the coach who teaches her to hold her arms out for balance. Third grade is where readers move from following events to explaining why they happened, and a story about steady practice is a generous place to work on that.

This third grade reading comprehension worksheet is a three-page set. Page one is the story with a full-color illustration of Juliana gliding past her coach at the boards; page two holds four multiple-choice questions and one written response; page three is the complete answer key. Students read the story once for the events and once more with the questions in front of them, which is exactly the reread habit that comprehension tests reward. The written question asks how Juliana got better at skating, so students have to gather details from more than one paragraph instead of remembering a single line.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 1 original 226-word story with a full-color illustration
• 4 multiple-choice questions and 1 written-response question

Three things make this Figure Skating Reading Comprehension Worksheet useful in a third-grade classroom. First, the story is written to the third-grade band, so nothing in the vocabulary or the sentence length gets in the way of the thinking. Second, every question is answered from the text itself — no outside knowledge and no guessing — so a wrong answer tells you something real about where a reader lost the thread. Third, the written response asks students to pull two details from across the whole story, which is the same move a summary or main-idea question asks for on a test.

Before reading, ask students what they already know about ice skating, then have them check it against the story. After reading, have them underline the sentence that shows what the coach told Juliana to do, or retell her practice routine in three steps to a partner. At home, families can read the story aloud and take turns asking one question about it. The story also pairs well with a class chart of story elements — characters, setting, problem, and solution — and with a short talk about a sport or hobby each student is practicing.

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