3rd Grade · Reading Comprehension
Octopuses: Ocean Escape Artists
Free printable 3rd Grade reading comprehension worksheet: Octopuses: Ocean Escape Artists. It practices text features (Common Core RI.3.5). For ages 8-9. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 3rd Grade
- Subject
- Reading Comprehension
- Skill
- Text features
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- RI.3.5
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Octopuses: Ocean Escape Artists” is sheet 11 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on text features.
In the set it comes after “A Snow Day Surprise” and before “A Letter from Grandma”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.3.5 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 3
Reading: Informational Text · Craft and structure
Children work on understanding how a text is built — its parts, sections and text features.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Ask your child to underline the sentence that proves each answer before writing it. Finding evidence is the skill 3rd grade tests most.
- 2
Read the questions first on nonfiction passages. Knowing what to look for turns reading into a search, which keeps attention on the text.
- 3
Encourage complete sentences that restate the question: “Nora opened a lemonade stand because…”
