3rd Grade reading worksheets
Free 3rd grade reading worksheets to print or download as a PDF. Practice syllable types, prefixes and roots, fluency, main idea, cause and effect, context clues and text features.
- Syllable types7 sheets
Third-grade syllable worksheets: the six syllable types, open and closed syllables, sorting words by type, splitting and labeling longer words, building words from syllables and consonant-le words.
+2 more - Advanced phonics patterns8 sheets
Phonics worksheets for third graders and older readers: soft c and g, silent letters, -tion and -sion, -tch and -dge, oi and oy, ou and ow, au and aw, and -ture, with sorting, fill-in sentences and fluency lines.
+3 more - Prefixes, suffixes and roots7 sheets
Third-grade prefix and suffix worksheets: a chart of common word parts, splitting words into prefix, root and suffix, making words to match a meaning, word webs and sentences.
+2 more - Third-grade tricky words8 sheets
Third-grade tricky word worksheets: 50 common words that don't follow the usual spelling rules, like although, enough and people, with a chart, tracing, finding the tricky part, sentences and flash cards.
+3 more - Fluency passages5 sheets
Third-grade fluency worksheets: timed reading passages with word counts and questions, a reading speed graph, phrase reading and reading with expression.
- Main idea, cause and effect, point of view7 sheets
Third-grade reading comprehension worksheets: find the main idea and details, match causes and effects, underline causes and effects in sentences, tell first person from third person, and compare a character's view with your own.
+2 more - Context clues5 sheets
Third-grade context clue worksheets: a chart of clue types, choosing and writing meanings of new words, underlining the clues in a sentence, and multiple-meaning words.
- Text features5 sheets
Third-grade text feature worksheets: a chart of titles, headings, bold words, photos, captions, diagrams, tables of contents, glossaries and indexes, plus practice labeling an article and using a table of contents, glossary and index.
For the parent or teacher
Skills these worksheets practice
- Split longer words into syllables to read them
- Use prefixes, suffixes and roots to read and understand words
- Read passages smoothly
- Find the main idea and the details that support it
- Explain cause and effect and point of view
- Use context clues and text features to understand what they read
Questions parents ask
- Do these need to be done in order?
- No. Every child is different, so pick whatever your student needs next. Jumping around is completely fine, and a student may be ahead in some skills and still building others.
- What are the six syllable types?
- Closed (cat), open (go), silent e (bike), vowel team (rain), r-controlled (car) and consonant-le (ta-ble). Knowing them helps kids read long words one part at a time.
- Are the worksheets really free?
- Yes. Print any sheet or download it as a PDF, with no sign-up.