Lilly’s Vegetable Garden Reading Comprehension Worksheet
In this Lilly’s Vegetable Garden reading comprehension worksheet, third graders read a story about a tomato plant that will not grow, then answer four questions and cite two details in writing. Answer key included.
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Reading comprehension is the moment a story stops being a row of words and turns into a picture inside a child’s head. This Lilly’s Vegetable Garden reading comprehension worksheet gives third graders a short original story about a girl whose tomato plant refuses to grow, and about the plain everyday science that finally explains why. The passage is written and measured for third grade, so students spend their effort on understanding what happens rather than on decoding it.
Page one holds the illustrated story. Page two holds five questions: four multiple-choice items that ask students to find key details and to explain why the little plant stopped growing, plus one written response that asks for two details from the text as evidence. Used as a 3rd grade plants reading worksheet, it doubles as a gentle science lesson, because the answer to Lilly’s mystery is that green plants need sunlight to make their own food. A complete answer key is the final page.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- An original third-grade story about a backyard vegetable garden
- A full-color illustration of the garden scene
- Four multiple-choice comprehension questions
- One written response that asks for two details from the story
- A complete answer key
3 Reasons This Helps Kids Learn
- The questions walk up the ladder on purpose: two ask what happened, one asks why it happened, and the last one asks students to prove it in their own words.
- The story carries a real science idea in ordinary language, so students practice reading and learn why plants need sunlight at the same time.
- The passage is short enough to finish in one sitting, so developing readers reach the questions with energy left to think.
Teacher and Parent Ideas
Read the story aloud once, then let students reread it silently before they pick up a pencil. Ask them to underline the sentence that proves each answer, and to compare underlines with a partner before anyone checks the key. The Lilly’s Vegetable Garden reading comprehension worksheet also opens an easy science conversation: put one small plant on a sunny windowsill and one in a closet, water both the same way, and check them together every few days. Students can then write a short paragraph about what they observed, using details the way the worksheet asked them to.
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