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3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages
Short passages with questions under each, written for Grade 3. Every question sends the reader back into the text, and every answer explains why.
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- With a plan Fable About 150 words The Two Goats on the Bridge Two goats start across a narrow log bridge from opposite sides. They meet in the middle. Who will go back?
- With a plan How-to About 200 words From Tree to Table: Maple Syrup Maple syrup starts out as a watery juice inside a tree. Here is how it gets from the woods to your pancakes.
- With a plan Play About 200 words The Missing Cupcakes: A Short Play Nia counts the cupcakes for her class party, and three are gone. Who took them? A kitchen mystery in one scene.
- With a plan History About 200 words The First Ferris Wheel In 1893, Chicago needed something amazing for its world's fair. A young engineer had a big, round idea.
- With a plan Story About 250 words A Day Without Power A storm knocks out the lights in the middle of Hannah's show. What is there to do in a house with no power?
- With a plan Science About 250 words How Owls Hunt at Night A mouse runs through the grass on a dark night. Up in a tree, an owl is watching and listening.
- With a plan Poem Short Where Go the Boats? A child sets little boats on a river and wonders: where will they all end up? A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- With a plan Science About 250 words Hiding in Plain Sight An animal could be hiding right in front of you. Find out how color, pattern and shape help animals blend in.