3RD GRADE READING COMPREHENSION WORKSHEETS/TEST PREP | Complete Power Bundle

Boost achievement rates in your class with this ELA power bundle, consisting of 147 skills-focused reading worksheets that cover third grade Common Core State Standards (both literature and informational text).  All resources are digitally enabled and formatted (Easel Activities) for online distance learning.

Use these reading drills to teach and reinforce the fundamentals, or prep for test day. Save 12% with this bundle, plus get free: ♥ 44 Main Idea & Details Task Cards   ♥ 39 Accountable Talk Posters    ♥ Student Progress Tracker (a $6.42 value) 

THIS GRADE 3 READING COMPREHENSION BUNDLE INCLUDES:

• 147 skills-boosting reading worksheets, with 645+ comprehension questions
• Tips to assist and guide students (drills can be printed without tips) 
• Short bursts of informational and fictional passages 
• Mix of multiple choice, two-part, matching, short and open response activities
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) versions to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS
• ♥♥There are 4 units in this bundle that are also found in the Reading! Grade 4 & 5 bundle. More details below

FREE BONUS ITEMS:

• 44 Main Idea & Details Task Cards & Activity Sheets: This resource is listed in the bundle so you can access the Easel version (100% off is priced in). The same applies for the free accountable talk resource
• 39 Accountable Talk Posters & Student Reference Quick Sheet
• Student Progress Tracker For Skills & Standards: Attached as a PDF in the bonus section

BASED ON STANDARDIZED TESTS, INCLUDING:

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS 
• Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)
• New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
• Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
• Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
• Ohio’s State Tests
• Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
• New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
• Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)

USEFUL IN MANY WAYS

All drills take about 15 minutes to complete, and can be used for:

• Literacy lessons 
• Guided or independent practice  
• ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
• Small group work / literacy circles / partner work 
• Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
• Independent work / early finishers work
• Literacy center activities
• Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
• Progress monitoring/checks
• Exit slips or tickets
• Homework
• Comprehensive reading strategies review
• Tutoring (targeted reading skill work) 
• After-school programs / extended school days
• Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
• Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets 
• Summer school programs / summer bridge activities 
• Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities 
• Homeschool lessons 
• Absent student make up work
• *including (but not limited to) reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, PARCC and more

COVERS COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR GRADE 3

Reading Skills & Strategies Covered:

1. Main Idea & Details (RL.3.2 & RI.3.2)♥♥

• find the main idea
• recall supporting/key details
• find the theme/central message 
• summarize the text

2.  Context Clues (RL.3.4 & RI.3.4)♥♥

• use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases
• includes figurative language/non-literal phrases (similes, metaphors & idioms), synonyms, antonyms & homonyms

3.  Analyzing Characters (RL.3.3)♥♥

• identify character traits
• study characters' words & actions
• analyze and describe characters' thoughts, feelings and motivations
• determine the cause and effect of a character’s actions 
• describe how characters’ actions contribute to the sequence of events in a story
• compare and contrast two characters in a story 
• analyze how characters respond to challenges & evolve in a story

4 & 5.  Sequencing Events (RL.3.3 & RI.3.3)

• describe what happens before, after and in between events of stories, historical events and scientific processes
• recount/order what happens first, next, then and finally (last)

6 & 7.  Making Inferences (RL.3.1 & RI.3.1)

• make inferences based on text evidence and common sense  
• find text evidence to support inferences 
• draw and support conclusions 

8 & 9.  Cause & Effect (RL.3.1, RI.3.1, RL.3.3, RI.3.3)

• determine cause & effect of character actions and events in stories
• answer “why” & “how” questions 

10.  Story & Poem Structure (RL.3.5)

• refer to parts of stories and a poem when answering questions about a fictional text
• describe how each successive part of a text builds on earlier sections  
• identify which paragraphs contain specific story elements (i.e. setting, characters, problem, solution)
• describe the impact certain sentences (e.g. dialogue) have in a story 

11.  Text Features (RI.3.5)

• use text features and search tools (i.e. subheadings/section titles, keywords, sidebars, picture captions, labels, and line numbers) to answer reading questions about informational text
• use subheadings to determine what a section is about and where to look for specific information
• determine what kinds of information can be found using specific text features
• explain the reason why an author uses specific text features in a passage

12 & 13.  Point of View & Perspective (RL.3.6 & RI.3.6)

• identify the point of view (POV) from which a story or poem is narrated (first person, third person)
• distinguish between own point of view (vantage point) from that of a narrator or character in a fictional text
• determine the author’s/narrator’s perspective on specific topics in both fiction and informational text

14.  Illustrations in Stories (RL.3.7)♥♥

• identify how illustrations add to a story (i.e. create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
• connect illustrations with the text to draw conclusions
• locate the sections of a fictional passage that an illustration reflects

15.  Illustrations in Informational Text (RI.3.7) 

• determine how illustrations help readers understand informational text 
• identify what new information pictures add to a passage
• pinpoint the ideas that an illustration supports
• describe how illustrations support ideas in a text

16.  Logical Connections in Informational Text (RI.3.8)

• identify/describe logical connections between sentences and paragraphs
• determine why authors have certain sentences and paragraphs in a text 
• identify/describe how paragraphs are similar
• classify the connection between text (i.e. comparison, cause & effect, sequence, and problem/solution)
• find specific details that help logically connect sentences and paragraphs

17.  Compare & Contrast: Themes, Settings & Plots of Stories Written by the Same Author (RL.3.9)

• compare & contrast the main message (lesson) of stories
• compare & contrast the words and actions of main characters
• compare & contrast story elements such as problem and solution

18.  Compare and Contrast: Important Points & Key Details in Two Informational Texts (RI.3.9)

• identify and describe how the ideas and details between two passages are alike and/or different
• find similar points and details in a second text, based on a point or detail given from a first text
• determine which passages specific details are found in (passage 1, passage 2, or both)

BONUS ITEM #1: Main Idea & Details Task Card Literacy Center♥♥

• 44 task cards (informational text on fun animals) 
• 18 reading activity sheets with 132 questions focused on main idea or supporting details. The activity sheets are to be used with the task cards.  

BONUS ITEM #2: 39 Accountable Talk Posters + Conversation Stem Quick Sheet♥♥

Enrich classroom discussions by incorporating accountable talk with these 39 bulletin board-ready posters! You will love how these sentence starters transform students’ conversation skills during literacy discussions and reading circles.

♥♥NOTE: For educators looking to purchase both the READING! Grade 3 and READING! Grade 4 & 5 Power Bundles, there are 4 units that overlap across the two bundles. The overlapping units are: Main Idea & Details, Context Clues, Analyzing Characters, and Illustrations in Stories. The free bonus items also overlap. Please purchase in smaller bundles and/or individually so you don't pay twice for the 4 aforementioned items. If you need assistance, simply email cmangostreet@gmail.com. Thank you!

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