Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions: Skills-Boosting Bundle IV ♥ GRADE 3

Boost achievement rates in your class with this ELA savings bundle, consisting of 20 skills-focused reading comprehension worksheets that cover illustrations, logical connections between sentences/paragraphs, and comparing & contrasting.

The passages are split between fiction and nonfiction (informational text), and the worksheets cover Common Core's Integration of Knowledge & Ideas reading standards for Grade 3.  Use these drills to teach and reinforce the fundamentals, or prep for test day.  All 5 mini-packs are digitally enabled and formatted (Easel Activities) for online distance learning. 

♥ Save over 12% with the complete READING! Grade 3 Bundle ♥

THIS ELA BUNDLE INCLUDES:

• 20 skills-boosting reading comprehension worksheets with 98 questions for 3rd Grade 
• Mini-lessons at the top of each page to serve as an anchor 
• Tips to assist and guide students (drills can be printed without tips) 
• Short bursts of informational text and fictional passages 
• Mix of multiple choice, two-part, short and open response activities
• Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) versions to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS

READING SKILLS & STRATEGIES COVERED:

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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 

4. 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

5. 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)

READING DRILLS ARE COMMON CORE DESIGNED, SIMULATED AFTER: 

• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS
• New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
• Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
• 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
• Integration of knowledge and ideas ELA standards 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, Missouri MAP, Wisconsin Forward, PARCC and more

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ALIGNED WITH COMMON CORE ELA READING STANDARDS FOR 3RD GRADE

LITERATURE

RL.3.7:  Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

RL.3.9: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

RI.3.7:  Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

RI.3.8: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

RI.3.9:  Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

GRADE 3 COMMON CORE READING RESOURCES 

Each reading comprehension unit can be purchased individually, or within a bundle.

✏ denotes the level of savings

READING! GRADE 3 BUNDLE ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

Reading Comprehension I:  Core ELA Value Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Main Idea & Supporting Details - Literature & Informational Text

♥ Analyzing Characters - Literature

♥ Context Clues - Literature & Informational Text

♥ Main Idea & Details Task Card Center - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension II:  Key Ideas & Details Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Making Inferences Bundle ✏ ✏  

• Making Inferences - Literature
• Making Inferences - Informational Text

♥ Sequence of Events Bundle ✏ ✏

• Sequencing Events - Literature
• Sequencing Events - Informational Text

♥ Cause & Effect Bundle ✏ ✏

• Cause & Effect - Literature
• Cause & Effect - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension III:  Craft & Structure Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Text Structure & Features Bundle ✏ ✏

• Story & Poem Structure (refer to parts) - Literature
• Using Text Features - Informational Text

♥ Point of View Bundle ✏ ✏ 

• Point of View & Perspective of Narrators/Characters - Literature
• Author’s Point of View - Informational Text

Reading Comprehension IV:  Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏

♥ Illustrations in Reading Bundle ✏ ✏

• Illustrations in Stories - Literature
• Illustrations in Informational Text - Informational Text

♥ Logical Connections Between Sentences & Paragraphs - Literature

♥ Compare & Contrast Bundle ✏ ✏

• Compare & Contrast Stories - Literature
• Compare & Contrast Nonfiction - Informational Text