4 free reading comprehension resources for Year 3: 4 worksheets. Answers included.
Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. In Year 3, Year 3 is a big year: students learn the multiplication facts, add and subtract three-digit numbers with regrouping, read time to the minute and begin unit fractions.
Students will practise: recalling key events from a story; inferring characters' motives and feelings; tracking how a character changes; using context clues to work out word meanings; locating facts in an information report; explaining cause and effect from a text; understanding technical vocabulary; summarising information in your own words.
A passage with questions.
Jack is sure there is a monster in the roof, until he meets it face to face. Students answer literal and inferential questions, explore…
An information report about one of Australia's strangest animals. Students locate facts, explain how the platypus finds food, and learn…
A short persuasive text arguing that every Australian child should learn to swim. Students identify the writer's opinion and reasons, work…
A procedure for sprouting a bean seed against the glass of a jar so children can watch roots and shoots appear. Students read a materials…
Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. At Year 3, our resources focus on: recalling key events from a story; inferring characters' motives and feelings; tracking how a character changes; using context clues to work out word meanings.
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.
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