The Princess and the Pea Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This The Princess and the Pea Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders a fresh retelling of the classic fairy tale, plus four questions and a written response. An answer key is included.
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Reading comprehension is the skill of following a whole story — who is in it, what they do, and how the last line answers the first. This The Princess and the Pea Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives third graders a fresh retelling of the classic fairy tale: a prince who cannot find a real princess, a storm, a knock at the gate, and a queen with one small pea and a very tall bed. Third grade is where readers move from following events to explaining why they happened, and a familiar tale is a generous place to practice that.
This 3rd grade reading comprehension worksheet is a three-page set. Page one is the retold story with a full-color illustration of the night the traveler knocked; 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 the queen tested her guest, so students have to put several steps back in order rather than remember one line.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- Answer key
- 1 original 228-word retelling with a full-color illustration
- 4 multiple-choice questions and 1 written-response question
Three things make this The Princess and the Pea Reading Comprehension Worksheet useful in a third-grade classroom. First, the retelling 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 retell a process in order, which is the same move a sequencing or summary question asks for on a test.
Before reading, ask students what they already think they know about this fairy tale, then have them check it against the text. After reading, have them underline the sentence that proves the guest was a real princess, or retell the queen’s test 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.
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