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Reading Passages, Questions & Answers - Third Grade
Below you’ll find 3rd grade reading comprehension passages along with questions and answers and vocabulary activities. These printable 3rd grade reading activities include short story excerpts, passages from popular books as well as high-interest information topics.
Madam C.J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 near Delta, Louisiana. Her birth name was Sarah Breedlove. Her parents were slaves on the cotton plantation where she was born. Her parents were emancipated, which means freed, in 1863 after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation…
Lewis Howard Latimer was born in 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His parents had escaped slavery in Virginia, and they were determined that their children would be born into freedom. In 1863 when he was just 15, Lewis joined the U.S. Navy to fight in the Civil War. After the war…
The Adventures of Pinocchio is the story of a woodcarver named Geppetto who makes a wooden puppet. The puppet, who Geppetto names Pinocchio, is very naughty and gets into trouble all the time. In this part of the story, Pinocchio has been given coins that he is suppose to take…
Max loved cars. His favorite hobby was building race tracks and obstacle courses for his Matchbook cars to zoom through. He had a box of toy cars that he kept on the bottom shelf in the playroom so he could always reach his cars. One morning, he wanted to find…
Old Mother West Wind is the wind that blows from the west. Below is a passage about one of her children. ————– Old Mother West Wind was tired-tired and just a wee bit cross-cross because she was tired. She had had a very busy day. Ever since early morning she…
The North went traveling, and after going far and meeting many different tribes he finally fell in love with the daughter of the South and wanted to marry her. The girl was willing, but her parents objected and said, “Ever since you came the weather has been cold, and if…
The fox sped after a rabbit. He dashed across undergrowth and jumped over logs. He raced faster and faster and faster. PLOP. The fox fell into quicksand. “AGHHHHHHHHH!” he screamed. With every movement he made, he went deeper into the muddy sand. Finally, he realized the less he moved the…
Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth. They are also the largest animals known to have ever existed. This means that they are bigger than the dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago. Blue whales weigh as much as 33 elephants (200 tons) and can be up to 100…
Not everyone loves worms. Some people think they are slimy and disgusting, but these small wriggling creatures are very important. In fact, we can thank earthworms for many of the delicious foods on our plates. Earthworms are good friends to the farmers who grow fruits and vegetables. Earthworms can be…
Adam Oleary paced the floor. As a famous German scholar, he had visited many important people. However, this was his first visit with Aleksey Mikhailovich, Tsar of Russia. Within the Kremlin, a fortified complex in the heart of Moscow, he waited for the tsar. “I don’t know what to expect,”…
