Main Ideas and Supporting Details : Reading: Literature : Third Grade English Language Arts Worksheets

Below, you will find a wide range of our printable worksheets in chapter Main Ideas and Supporting Details of section Reading: Literature. These worksheets are appropriate for Third Grade English Language Arts. We have crafted many worksheets covering various aspects of this topic, read and create inferences, fairy tales, myths, folktales, legends, and fables, character portrayal, and many more. We hope you find them very useful and interesting.

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Main Ideas and Supporting Details

Read the poem "The Grasshopper and the Ant" and then use the text of the poem to answer the questions.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Read and Create Inferences


Worksheet: Third Grade

Asking Questions: LED Lights


Read the article about LED lights. Then, read the answers given. Practice framing questions for each answer provided in this worksheet.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Read and Create Inferences



Answer the multiple choice questions. Then write the number of the paragraph in the box next to the question that supports your answer.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Read and Create Inferences



A town mouse and a country mouse invite each other to visit their places. Read the events and the causes. Then, fill in the missing cause or effect in the table.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Read and Create Inferences


Worksheet: Third Grade

The Fish and the Ring


Read the fairy tale, "The Fish and the Ring", and answer the questions in this worksheet. This is a very interesting story to read.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Fairy tales, Myths, Folktales, Legends, and Fables


Worksheet: Third Grade

The Gold-giving Serpent


Read the Indian folk tale and answer the related true or false questions. Write the line from the tale that supports your answer.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Fairy tales, Myths, Folktales, Legends, and Fables


Worksheet: Third Grade

The Lion and the Mouse


Read the fable about a lion and a mouse. Provide some descriptive answers to the questions asked in this worksheet.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Fairy tales, Myths, Folktales, Legends, and Fables


Worksheet: Third Grade

The Wolf and the Lamb


Read the fable about the wolf and the lamb and answer the questions.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Fairy tales, Myths, Folktales, Legends, and Fables


Worksheet: Third Grade

The Birthday Party


Based on the passages, choose a word from the word bank that best describes the character trait of each of Eli's friends.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Character Portrayal


Worksheet: Third Grade

In the Moonlight


Read the short story and try to understand the feelings of the characters. Match their actions on the left with the appropriate word on the right that describes it.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Character Portrayal


Worksheet: Third Grade

The Proud Boy


How do you stand up to bullies? Read the story about two boys. Think about the characters of the proud boy and the tailor's son in the story. Then answer the questions.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Character Portrayal


Worksheet: Third Grade

The Whistle


The diagram on the worksheet shows different feelings Benjamin Franklin has, and character traits that he displays in the story. Write a few lines from the story that displays that particular feeling or character trait.

Category:  Reading: Literature     Main Ideas and Supporting Details     Character Portrayal



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