3rd Grade · Reading Comprehension
The First Airplane
Free printable 3rd Grade reading comprehension worksheet: The First Airplane. It practices cause and effect (Common Core RI.3.3). 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
- Cause and effect
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- RI.3.3
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“The First Airplane” is sheet 32 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on cause and effect, one of three sheets in the set on that skill.
It is the last sheet in the set and follows “Two Friends, One Problem”, so it works well as a check once the earlier sheets feel easy.
What this worksheet practices
RI.3.3 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 3
Reading: Informational Text · Key ideas and details
Children work on describing how characters, events, ideas or steps connect and develop through a text.
More cause and effect worksheets
The other 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension sheets on cause and effect, in the order they are meant to be done.
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…”
