This feelings worksheet gives 3rd grade students a short passage about emotions plus reading comprehension questions and a reading-response prompt. Includes a complete answer key, a gentle way to build reading skills and emotional awareness.
UsingCharacter Reading Comprehension Workbook, students can have all of the passages about different character traits all in one workbook.
The Soccer Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders a fun, sports-themed passage with multiple-choice and written questions. Answer key included—perfect for no-prep reading practice at home or in the classroom.
This Opposite Ollie Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd grade readers an original story plus six questions on cause, sequence, character and main idea. An answer key is included, so comprehension practice checks itself.
Build reading skills and good character at the same time with this table manners reading comprehension worksheet. Third graders read an original dinner-table story and answer text-based questions. Answer key included for quick, no-prep practice.
This shoplifting reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd Grade students an original informational passage about the honest trade a store runs on, with six questions and an answer key that build evidence-based reading.
The Welcome To Florida Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders a true passage about the Sunshine State plus four questions and a written response. Answer key included for fast, no-prep reading practice.
This Welcome to Hawaii Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd grade readers an original passage about the islands plus four multiple-choice questions and a written response. An answer key is included, so practice takes no prep.
The Strawberry Fields Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders a true passage about a berry farm plus four questions and a written response. Answer key included for fast, no-prep reading practice.
This Korea Reading Comprehension Test Collection gives your student reading passages about Korea to build their reading comprehension skills.
Build 3rd Grade comprehension with the Jason Helps Out Reading Comprehension Worksheet. Students read a story about volunteering at a community kitchen, then answer multiple choice, fill-in, and written questions. Answer key included.
This Davy Crockett Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd Grade students a true frontier biography, four multiple choice questions, and one written response that asks for two details from the text. An answer key is included.
The Welcome to New Jersey Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers a non-fiction passage about the Garden State, four multiple-choice questions, a written response, and an answer key, so citing text evidence becomes a habit.
A citizenship character reading comprehension worksheet built around an original story about two friends who clean up their community garden. Written for 3rd grade, with an answer key included, so comprehension practice takes no prep.
The Welcome to Ohio Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers a short non-fiction passage, four multiple-choice questions, a written response, and an answer key, so finding text evidence feels easy.
This So Tired Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd Grade students an original story about a tired girl and her dad, plus six questions and an answer key, so comprehension practice takes one page.
This Figure Skating Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders an original story about a young skater and her coach, plus four questions and a written response. An answer key is included.
This Donald Trump Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders a short, factual biography and seven text-based questions. An answer key is included, so students can build nonfiction reading skills with almost no prep.
This Sports Time Reading Comprehension Test Collection will help your students build their reading comprehension skills while reading about different sports.
This Welcome to Tennessee Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd Grade students a 239-word passage about the state, four bubble questions and one written response. An answer key is included.
Maps, communities and our big world
Third grade social studies zooms out from the neighborhood to the wider world. Kids read and make maps with a key, compass rose, scale and grid, and find places using coordinates like B4. They compare urban, suburban and rural communities, learn how local government works, and explore the culture of different groups. Kids also label continents and oceans, learn about Native American groups and early settlers, and talk about being a good citizen. The click: every community has people, rules and history, including their own.
Third graders love real-world connections. These moves bring social studies right into their lives.
Have kids draw a map of their bedroom, classroom or playground with a key and a compass rose. Then partners swap maps and try to find something using only the directions. Making a map teaches kids how maps work better than reading one.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withMake a Map WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Play the Community Song and have kids name the helpers and places they hear. Then make a class list of the community helpers in your own town. Singing first gives everyone the words to join the discussion.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCommunity SongSongsOpen it →When reading about a historical event, model filling in a 5W organizer out loud. Who was there? What happened? Then have kids fill in their own for the next passage. It turns a page of facts into a story they can retell.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withWho What When Where Why Graphic Organizer WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Third graders love to explore. These ideas get them moving and talking.
WorksheetsToss a soft globe around the circle. Wherever your right thumb lands, name the continent or ocean!
Open Globes Worksheet →
WorksheetsCall out coordinates and kids race to name what's hiding on that spot on the map.
Open Finding a Spot on a Map Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids fill in facts about their family's traditions, foods and holidays, then share one with the class.
Open My Culture Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Feelings Worksheet, Character Reading Comprehension Workbook and Soccer Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet.
Third graders learn map skills, communities, local government, culture and citizenship. Many also study continents and oceans, Native American groups and their own state or city's history.
Third graders should read a map key, use a compass rose for directions, use a map scale to estimate distance, and find places with grid coordinates. They should also name the continents and oceans.
Compare urban, suburban and rural communities with photos, then talk about which one your family lives in. Ask kids what jobs, services and places their community has. Real examples make it stick.
Look at maps together before a trip, visit a local museum or historical site, and talk about family history. Ask grandparents to share stories about what life was like when they were kids.
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