Reading Passages For Third Grade. The following two passages are examples of what your child will be expected to read in third grade. Have a look into our printable reading comprehension passages to improve your little ones reading skills!

These passages are listed at their readability level according to the Fry formula.
Children moving into third grade will mature in school and use the tools they have gathered from second grade to dig deeply into important curricular areas with deeper thinking and expression, deeper understanding of concepts, deeper reading.
Resources to Guide and Assess Nonfiction Reading/Thinking\Writing Aligned with Common Core Standards. Each file includes a fiction or non-fiction reading passage, followed by a page of comprehension questions. However, you may want to use a reading from an earlier grade level because the As children progress through school, more rules are associated with writing.