3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Week 1 Reading Comprehension (C-1). A reading passage and comprehension questions about the different forms of matter. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Week 2 Reading Comprehension (C-2). A passage and questions about how energy can be stored and converted. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Week 3 Reading Comprehension (C-3). A reading passage and questions about the meaning of “Evaluate” when it is used in mathematics. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Week 4 Reading Comprehension (C-4). Brief outline describing waves and currents, and how they are related. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Week 5 Reading Comprehension (C-5). Reading passage and questions about how addition and subtraction are related to each other. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Week 6 Reading Comprehension (C-6). Reading segment describing how multiplication and division are related to each other. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Week 7 Reading Comprehension (C-7). Reading passage describing the relationship between elements and atoms. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Week 8 Reading Comprehension (C-8). A segment and related questions about how people traveled to the west. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Week 9 Reading Comprehension (C-9). passage describing how light waves hit an object to cause reflections. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Week 10 Reading Comprehension (C-10). A passage about how living things have certain adaptations that allow them to survive. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 11 Reading Comprehension (C-11). A description of the cold Tundra biome and animals that live there. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 12 Reading Comprehension (C-12). A short passage about human impact on plants and animals. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 13 Reading Comprehension (C-13). A reading passage that describes how plant and animals compete for limited resources. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 14 Reading Comprehension (C-14). A passage about the Koala and how it faces possible extinction. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 15 Reading Comprehension (C-15). A reading passage and questions about how geometric shape names use number prefixes. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Week 16 Reading Comprehension (C-16). Reading comprehension passage about the different phases of the moon. Cross-Curricular Focus: Earth Science.

Week 17 Reading Comprehension (C-17). Passage and questions about equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangles. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Week 18 Reading Comprehension (C-18). A description and comprehension questions about the different types of angles. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Week 19 Reading Comprehension (C-19). A story about the origins of Galileo’s telescope Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Week 20 Reading Comprehension (C-20). A brief passage explaining why the moon orbit Earth. Cross-Curricular Focus: Earth Science.