3rd Grade Reading Worksheets

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29 3rd Grade Reading Worksheets

Reading comprehension: The Mango Tree

In this language arts worksheet, your child will read three parts of a traditional story from India and answer questions about the characters' feelings using complete sentences.

Reading comprehension: Thor and Sif

This is a myth about a Norse god named Thor. In this reading and writing worksheet, your child will read a myth and then answer questions about the story.

Reading comprehension: thunder and lightning

Here is a scientific description of thunder and lightning. In this language arts worksheet, your child will read an informational passage and then answer questions about what happened and practice replacing descriptive words.

Suffixes -ible, -able, -ive, and -ion

A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a root word. In this language arts worksheet, your child gets practice adding four common suffixes to root words and checking the spelling in the dictionary.

Using a dictionary

A dictionary tells you a word's meaning, spelling, how it's used, and its origins. In this language arts worksheet, your child will practice using a dictionary to find the meanings, origins, and uses of five words.

Using a dictionary: alphabetical order

In this language arts worksheet, your child will practice using a dictionary to look up 13 words, list them in alphabetical order, and write the meanings, origins, and uses for each.

Using a dictionary: root words

Look it up! In this language arts worksheet, your child will practice using a dictionary to look up words with similar roots, write short definitions, and create new words from a list of root words.

Vowel sounds: ough

These words are spelled the same, but they sound different! In this reading worksheet, your child gets practice sounding out, writing, and finding rhyming pairs for words with ough in them.

Writing practice: alternatives to "said"

The writer quotes people, but doesn't use the word "said" once. In this language arts worksheet, your child will read the passage to find all the words the author used instead of "said" and write words that can be used to mean "said" and "asked." Then, your child will practice locating and writing the title and author of the book this passage comes from.