Grade 3 Reading Comprehension Curriculum Resources
Introduce young readers to the concept of reading comprehension with our interactive and printable curriculum resources. These resources guide children through understanding and interpreting texts in an engaging and accessible format, improving overall reading proficiency.
Curriculum Resources Results
Fable on The King’s Quest—Author's Purpose
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students that it is never a smart idea to judge a book by its cover. ...
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Carl and the Lost Girl—Moral of the Story
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about kindness and trust. Students will identify character t...
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The Honey Jar—Evidence from text
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about being truthful. Students will identify character trait...
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Literal and Nonliteral Language
This worksheet on nonliteral language will help students to learn several examples of nonliteral phrases. They will be a...
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Mark's Awesome Birthday Party
This fiction passage about a child's birthday party with comprehension questions will keep your students engaged. They w...
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Eva's Aquarium Visit
Embark on an enchanting journey with Eva as she visits the aquarium with her family. Feel her excitement as she marvels ...
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Baxter and the Vanishing Veggies
Baxter investigates disappearing vegetables from Emma's garden and collects clues leading to Marshmallow the cat as the ...
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The Exciting Arrival
In 'The Exciting Arrival,' young Sarah and her classmates embark on a thrilling field trip to the Space Museum. The stor...
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The Mars Rover
The Mars Rover' introduces young readers to the cutting-edge technology used in exploring other planets. Sarah encounter...
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Emma's Kite Day
This engaging story captures the thrill of kite-flying on a windy day. Sisters Emma and May head to the park, where Emma...
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The Foggy Morning Mystery
This intriguing story follows Emma and May as they venture into a fog-covered world. Emma explains the phenomenon of fog...
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Wildfire Safety
Earthquake Morning
Tim's Shaky Day
Maya's Wildfire Morning
Literal and Nonliteral Meanings in Context
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Mark's Awesome Birthday Party
This fiction passage about a child's birthday party with comprehension questions will keep your students engaged. They w...
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Book Covers
This worksheet will help your class to understand the elements of a book cover. Students must identify the title and aut...
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Baxter and the Vanishing Veggies
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Rain Shelter
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Better Bins
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Playground Puddles
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The Sneaky Skeleton's Sweet Surprise
Bony Bob, the hungriest skeleton in town, faces a unique Halloween challenge - he has an uncontrollable sweet tooth but ...
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The Upside-Down Vampire
Vinnie the Vampire, residing in a spooky old castle, faces a unique challenge every Halloween - he's always upside-down!...
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The Haunted Cookie Jar
In the mysterious Spooky Sweet Shop, a magical cookie jar that no one can open becomes the center of attention on Hallow...
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The Pumpkin That Wouldn't Smile
In Old Farmer Joe's pumpkin patch, one pumpkin named Grumpy refuses to smile, no matter how Joe carves it. The story tak...
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The Mars Rover
The Mars Rover' introduces young readers to the cutting-edge technology used in exploring other planets. Sarah encounter...
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Otters at the River
The Weather
This reading passage on sunny day will enhance and test the reading comprehension skills of Grade 1 student. This onlin...
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Eva's Aquarium Visit
Embark on an enchanting journey with Eva as she visits the aquarium with her family. Feel her excitement as she marvels ...
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The Exciting Arrival
In 'The Exciting Arrival,' young Sarah and her classmates embark on a thrilling field trip to the Space Museum. The stor...
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Fiction vs Nonfiction Texts — Tigers
This worksheet on tigers is a great way to test to see if your class knows the difference between fiction and nonfiction...
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Fiction vs Nonfiction Texts — Dentists
This worksheet on dentists is a great way to test to see if your class knows the difference between fiction and nonficti...
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The Rainbow Poem
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Bubbles—Rhyming Poem
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Informational Text — Fascinating Fungi
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Learning About Clouds
This passage teaches basic cloud identification through simple comparisons to familiar objects. Students learn to distin...
Moving Boxes
This passage aligns with NGSS K-PS2-1 by demonstrating how different strengths of pushes affect object motion through a ...
The Soccer Game
This educational passage explores the NGSS K-PS2-1 standard through a relatable soccer scenario. Students learn about di...
Carl and the Lost Girl—Moral of the Story
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about kindness and trust. Students will identify character t...
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Fable on The King’s Quest—Author's Purpose
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students that it is never a smart idea to judge a book by its cover. ...
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The Honey Jar—Evidence from text
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about being truthful. Students will identify character trait...
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Reading Comprehension— Reese & Cece
This short fiction story is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the text about Reese & Cec...
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Short Story on Birds
This short story about a girl and her bird feeder is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Students will read th...
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Short Story —Norah and the Fire Alarm
This short story about a girl who is afraid of the fire alarm is a great way to practice comprehension. Students will re...
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Angela and Marie—Short Story
This short story about a cat having kittens is a great way to practice comprehension. Students will read the text and th...
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Luca and Lily—Understanding Text
This short story about a trip to the animal shelter is a great way to practice comprehension. Students will read the tex...
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Short Story — Lucky Finds a Home
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Reading—The Airport
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Reading —Sunny and the Missing Pencil
This worksheet is a great way to practice reading comprehension and fluency. Students will read the short story about a ...
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Retelling Stories
This graphic oragnizer is a great way to see if your readers can retell the story. Students will list the characters fro...
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Baking Cookies —Analyzing Key Details
This short fiction story is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the text about baking cook...
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Literal and Nonliteral Language
This worksheet on nonliteral language will help students to learn several examples of nonliteral phrases. They will be a...
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Beach Day Science
This passage addresses NGSS K-PS3-1 by comparing temperature differences in materials exposed to sunlight versus shade. ...
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The Hot Playground
This passage explores NGSS K-PS3-1 through familiar playground experiences. Students observe how sunlight affects differ...
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Shade from the Sun
In this story, Leo and Emma use an umbrella to block the sunlight and stay cool while playing in the park. By observing ...
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Building Shade Structures
In this passage, Alex and Mia use a simple tent to block sunlight and create a cooler place to play. By observing the ef...
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Warmth from the Sun
This reading passage tells the story of Liam at the beach, exploring how sunlight affects the temperature of rocks, sand...
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Observing Sunlight and Heat
This reading passage introduces children to the concept of how sunlight affects Earth’s surfaces. Using a relatable stor...
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Maria's Cool Shade Idea
This passage supports NGSS K-PS3-2 learning by showing how simple structures can protect plants from sun damage. Through...
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The Sun Shelter
This passage addresses NGSS K-PS3-2 through a practical experiment with sun shelters. Students learn how designed struct...
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The Marble Race
This passage addresses NGSS K-PS2-2 through a simple engineering investigation with marbles. Students learn how ramp ste...
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Food for Animals
This passage supports NGSS K-LS1-1 learning by showcasing different animal feeding patterns. Through observations of bac...
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