Grade 3 Social Studies Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Build reading comprehension skills in young readers with our Social Studies Reading Comprehension worksheets. These resources cover various social studies topics, guiding children through understanding and interpreting texts related to history, geography, and more, in an engaging and accessible format, improving overall reading proficiency.
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Informational Text —Meet the Governors
This worksheet will get your students thinking about their state governnor. Included is an informational text on the res...
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Informational Text on Goods and Services
This short informational text on goods and services will get your students familliar with this concept. Students will re...
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Informational Text — American Flag
This informational text on the American flag will teach students about what the stars, stripes, and colors on the flag r...
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Informational Text —Meet the Governors
This worksheet will get your students thinking about their state governnor. Included is an informational text on the res...
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Informational Text on Goods and Services
This short informational text on goods and services will get your students familliar with this concept. Students will re...
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Informational Text — American Flag
This informational text on the American flag will teach students about what the stars, stripes, and colors on the flag r...
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Mesopotamia—Informatonal Text
This informational text on Mesopotamia is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the text the...
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Types of Maps—Contextual Clues
Explore the world of maps with this worksheet. After reading the passage, students are presented with a series of questi...
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Rosa Park The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Simone Biles, the World Renowned Gymnast
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The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
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What's The Main Idea?
These short science texts are a great way to practice main idea. Students will read the paragraphs and then choose the m...
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Community Helpers: Police Officers & Firefighters
This informational text on community helpers will help students to practice their reading fluency as well as identify si...
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Reading for Main Details—Veternarians
Practie summarizing paragraphs with this fun informational text on veternarians! Students will give the main idea of eac...
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Contextual Clues Getting Elected
Practice context clues with this informational text on U.S. presidential elections. Students will read the text and then...
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Reading Comprehension: Rosa Parks
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The Civil Rights Movement
This worksheet has students read about the Civil Rights Movement. They must summarize the overall goals, paraphrase lead...
Researching the American Revolution
In this worksheet, students read a passage providing historical information on the American Revolution. They must then u...
Research Project: U.S. Landmarks
Students select a famous U.S. landmark to research using at least 3 provided sources. They take notes and write a summar...
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Writing Prompts Ancient Civilizations
Step into the shoes of an archaeologist with this engaging worksheet focused on ancient civilizations. Students will be ...
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My Book
This worksheet will help your class to understand the elements of a book cover. Students will decorate their own book co...
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Reading Comprehension: The Grand Canyon
This informational text on the Grand Canyon will teach your students all about this incredible wonder of the world! Free...
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All about shells—Informational Text
This informational text on mollusks will teach your students all about these awesome animals! Free response comprehensio...
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Informational Text on Holi
This informational text on Holi is a great way to teach about this holiday and the story of Prahlad. Comprehension quest...
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Vegetarian Diet—Words and Phrases in a Text
Fifth-grade students will explore the world of vegetarian diets through this engaging worksheet aligned with CCS.RI.5.4....
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Informational Text —Uh Oh, Where Did Gravity Go?
This short informational text on gravity will teach your students about this natural phenomenon. A fun drawing activity ...
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Sharks—Informational Text
This informational text on the sharks will teach your students all about these incredible, ancient animals! Free respons...
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Informational Text —Bioluminescence
This informational text on bioluminescence will teach your students about this phenomenon. Examples in nature are provid...
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Informational Text — Habitats
This short informational text on habitats will teach your students what a habitat is, as well as provide some examples o...
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Informational Text —Snowflakes
This informational text on snowflakes will teach your students how snowflakes are formed. Images of several different fl...
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Informational Text—Tardigrades
This informational text on tardigrades will teach your students all about this strange animal! Free response comprehensi...
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Natural Factors affecting Climate
This science worksheet is designed to help students understand the significant impact of natural factors affecting Weath...
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Structures on the Ocean Floor
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Pandas—Informational Text
This informational text on pandas is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the text then ans...
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Understanding Atoms
This worksheet has students read an informational passage and answer multiple choice questions about the main idea and k...
Earthquakes and Infrastructure
Get this worksheet about the effects of earthquakes on infrastructure. The worksheet includes an informational passage t...
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Hummingbirds—Reading Fluency
This informational text on hummingbirds with comprehension questions is a great way to practice reading comprehension. S...
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Earthquake and buildings
Download this worksheet on the impact of earthquakes on buildings. The informational text included in this worksheet is ...
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Stars—Reading for Purpose
This informational text on stars with comprehension questions is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students...
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Polar Bears and Climate
This informational text on polar bears is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the passage ...
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Human Factors Affecting Climate
This science worksheet is designed to help students understand the significant impact of human factors affecting Weather...
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Understanding the Greenhouse Effect
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Famous Black Inventors & Their Contributions
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Research Skills Worksheet— Marie Curie
This research skills worksheet gives students informational sources about scientist Marie Curie to answer multiple choic...
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Informational Text — Cloud Gazing
This informational text teaches students how different types of clouds are formed. A page with pictures of the different...
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Research Skills Worksheet— Amelia Earhart
This research skills worksheet provides students with informational sources about Amelia Earhart to locate answers to mu...
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Research Skills Worksheet —Abraham Lincoln
This research skills worksheet uses informational sources about Abraham Lincoln to have students locate answers to multi...
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Research Skills Worksheet— Helen Keller
This research skills worksheet provides informational sources about Helen Keller for students to locate answers to multi...
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Informational Text —Migratory Birds
Engage young minds with this worksheet that delves into the wonders of migratory birds. Learn about their extraordinary ...
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Airplanes Informational Text
This informational text on airplanes is a great way to practice reading comprehension. Students will read the short para...
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