Other Skills: Character Traits Compare and Contrast Context Clues Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Main / Central Idea Point of View Rhythm & Rhyme Story Elements Summary Symbolism Theme
Below you'll find 3rd grade reading comprehension passages along with questions and answers and vocabulary activities. These printable3rd grade reading activities include short story excerpts, passages from popular books as well as high-interest information topics.
by Mary Stoyell Stimpson from The Child's Book of American Biography
This biography of Benjamin Franklin, written in 1915...
by RV Staff Writer J.C.
Snowdrop the Elf oversees Santa’s toy workshop and k...
by Elizabeth Trach
Spiff is one of Santa's elves, but he isn't always c...
Jon can be a forgetful kid. When he forgets his paja...
by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann from Struwwelpeter: Merry Tales and Funny Pictures
“The Story of Fidgety Philip” is a poem from the boo...
Jason and Jack are brothers who don’t get along; in fact, they fight constantly. When Mom finally gets fed up one summer and th...
Grace wants a new bike. Her friend Mia just got one merely by asking. However, Grace’s parents tell her she must work for hers....
How did it get here? No one knows. How to get it out...
Peggy and June are two frogs with very different ski...
Students will read a passage about Project Mercury and learn about the Space Race and America’s first human spaceflight program...