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 sports crossword puzzle worksheet asks 3rd grade students to read eight clues, spell each sport into the grid, and explain how equipment helps a player. An answer key is included.
This Sports Time Reading Comprehension Test Collection will help your students build their reading comprehension skills while reading about different sports.
This Bowling Time reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd graders a short non-fiction story about two friends at the bowling alley, plus four questions and a written response. Answer key included.
This Simply Sports Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd grade students an original story about a field day, four questions, a written response and a complete answer key.
This Golf Time reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd graders a short non-fiction story about two children playing a round of golf, plus four questions and a written response. Answer key included.
This Tennis Time reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd graders a short non-fiction story about two friends rallying at the park, plus four questions and a written response. Answer key included.
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 Casey's Super Bowl Party - Reading Comprehension Worksheet will help your students build their reading comprehension skills while reading about Casey's Super Bowl Party.
This sports alphabetical order worksheet has 3rd graders sort ten sports words that share first letters, then name the letter that decides each pair. An answer key is included for quick checking.
The So Sweaty Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers a short sports story, four multiple-choice questions, a written response and a full answer key, so every answer comes straight from the text.
The Baseball Tryouts Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd grade students a short story about baseball tryouts, four multiple-choice questions, one written response, and an answer key that makes checking work fast.
Ready, set, read about sports!
Sports are a great way into social studies and reading for 3rd graders. Kids learn how different sports began, where in the world they are popular, and why rules and teamwork matter in any group. Reading passages about soccer, tennis, bowling and figure skating build vocabulary and comprehension, and kids practice finding the author's purpose and the evidence that backs it up. The click moment is when a sports fan who "doesn't like reading" asks for the next passage.
Sports grab the interest of so many kids. These moves turn that interest into real learning.
Before a sports reading passage, flash sports vocabulary cards like referee, tournament and opponent. Kids call out the meaning or use it in a sentence. A quick review like this means they hit fewer unknown words while reading and understand more.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withSports Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Read a sports passage aloud and stop to model your thinking: "The author says practice matters. Where is the proof?" Underline it together. Then students try the next paragraph with a partner. It is the same move they will need for every reading test.
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 withReasons and Evidence ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Read about a different sport each week, one passage at a time, with a few questions. Short, regular practice builds comprehension stamina better than one long reading day.
Why it works: the brain holds on to what it meets again and again over time; spaced practice was rated among the very best methods (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withSoccer Time Reading Comprehension WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Get kids moving and cheering while they learn.
ActivitiesTeams compete to find the author's purpose and the best evidence from a passage. Hand out gold, silver and bronze for the strongest reasons!
Open Evidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity →
WorksheetsRace a partner to finish a sports crossword. Every clue is a sports word they will see in reading.
Open Sports Crossword Puzzle →
WorksheetsPut sports names in alphabetical order, then try to name a sport for every letter.
Open Sports Alphabetical Order Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Soccer Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet, Sports Crossword Puzzle and Sports Time Reading Comprehension Test Collection.
Use short sports passages for comprehension practice, and have kids find the main idea, author's purpose and evidence. Sports topics keep reluctant readers engaged.
Sports show how rules help groups work together, how people from different places share traditions, and how games have changed over time. Kids can map where each sport is most popular.
Words like team, opponent, referee, score, tournament and athlete come up a lot. Flash cards and crosswords help kids remember them before they read.
Have students research one sport and make a poster with its history, rules, where it is popular and one famous athlete. Then hold a sports fair where they teach the class.
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