For reading this year, I am going to have assigned books that my children have to read along with pages to make sure that they “comprehend” the story. I do have a few children that will say, “Yes, I read it,” but then later I find out that they did not. This year I took the time to look up some reading comprehension questions and also wrote a few of my own to go along with their stories.
These were recommended books for 3rd grade reading. Some are easier than others, I figured we would start out with the easy ones and then move up. I will also encourage my child to choose books of her own from the library to continue reading throughout the week. I will assign maybe one or two a week with the comprehension pages (depending on how hard/easy it is) and then they will read “fun” books of their choice.
I have included my PDF which has the story along with either questions to ask them or a note that says use downloaded pages. I will print the pages off and keep in a folder.
These are all of the PDF with comprehension questions or activities:
Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
how to make an apple pie color download
Grandfather Four Winds and Rising Moon
Charlotte Web Comprehension Questions
These are all FREE PDF’s that come from online sources that I will be using:
Jan Brett Wild Christmas Reindeer
Ramona—choose pages you want to print
Since my 3rd grader is just becoming a proficient reader, I am going to use more reading comprehension this year for her than other grades as she is learning.
If you do a Google search for “3rd grade reading comprehension free” you can find many printable pages with stories. I found over 140 days worth of printable stories and questions.—I copied them into my Microsoft Office and will print them off for her to read and answer. I can’t share those as they are others, but if you do a little searching, you can find many free reading comprehensions out there. It would be the equivalent to buying a reader and workbook like we had back in school.
I hope this will be of use to someone. If not pass it along to someone whom you know could use it. Be blessed today. I will be having more reading comprehension up this week.
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