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3rd Grade Reading Resources

575 resources

3rd Grade Reading Resources

575 resources

Workbook
Workbook3rd GradeAdjectives Mini Pack

Using this Adjectives Mini Pack, students learn how to use adjectives in their writing through ten fun worksheets and three activities.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeBeginning Middle End Plot Activity

Kids sort story cards with this beginning middle end plot activity for 1st to 3rd grade, then retell the story on a roller coaster plot chart. An answer key is included for easy checking.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeGreek Mythology Activity

This greek mythology activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students match characters, words and meanings to learn words that come from old Greek stories. Answer key included.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeListen for the Main Idea Activity

This listen for the main idea activity helps 1st to 3rd grade students hear a short text, name its main idea, and retell a detail, with an answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeCompare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

This Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer gives 3rd Grade students one page to sort how any two topics are alike and different, then write a sentence that sums up what they found.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeProblem and Solutions Graphic Organizer Worksheet

This Problem and Solutions Graphic Organizer Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers a short story plus boxes for the problem, three solutions, and the best one. An answer key is included, so checking work takes seconds.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeThe Poison Dart Frog Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The Poison Dart Frog Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd grade students an original animal article, four bubble questions and a written response. An answer key is included, so it is ready to print and teach.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeThird Grade Sight Words S to W Worksheet

The Third Grade Sight Words S to W Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers ten Dolch words to use in sentences, clues, and writing. An answer key is included, so checking fluency practice takes only a minute.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeThree Billy Goats Gruff Reader's Theater

This three billy goats gruff reader's theater worksheet gives 3rd Grade groups a five-part script with twenty-four short speaking turns, so every reader practices fluency and expression aloud.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeCompare Contrast Similar Texts Worksheet

This Compare Contrast Similar Texts Worksheet hands 3rd graders two short orchard passages and asks what each author's most important point is. Answer key included — an easy way to practice comparing texts with real evidence.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeSki Trip Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Ski Trip Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd grade readers an original winter story, bubble questions, sentence completions, and a written response, with an answer key included, so comprehension practice is ready to print.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeFinding Something To Do - Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This finding something to do - reading comprehension worksheet has 3rd grade students read a short story and answer questions using text evidence. An answer key is included, so checking work takes a moment.

Video
Video3rd GradeFirst Song (MP3)

The FIRST Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word FIRST when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.

Workbook
Workbook3rd GradeNew Jersey NJSLA-A 3rd Grade ELA Practice Test Workbook

A NJSLA-A 3rd grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 19 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeComparing Themes of Two Stories Activity

This comparing themes of two stories activity for 3rd-5th grade turns story pairs into a fun matching game, with a graphic organizer, practice page, and answer key included.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeClass Critics Summarizing Activity

This class critics summarizing activity gives 3rd to 5th grade students seven organizers to summarize books, videos, and articles. Answer key included for the model and practice.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeDon't Wake the Librarian Sorting Books by Genre Activity

This don't wake the librarian sorting books by genre activity is a quiet board game where 1st to 3rd grade readers sort fiction, nonfiction and poetry books. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeInformational Texts Worksheet

This informational texts worksheet is a 3rd grade reading log where students record each title they read, name the kind of text, and rate it with stars to build lasting nonfiction reading habits.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeMain Idea Spider Graphic Organizer

This main idea spider graphic organizer worksheet gives 3rd grade readers a web for one big idea and four supporting details, so students learn to back up what a story is mostly about with real evidence.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeThree Little Pigs Reader's Theater

This Three Little Pigs Reader's Theater gives a 3rd grade group a five-part script to read aloud and perform, with short lines that build fluency and expression in one class period.