3rd Grade · Reading Comprehension
The Missing Library Card
Free printable 3rd Grade reading comprehension worksheet: The Missing Library Card. It practices inference (Common Core RL.3.1). 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
- Inference
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- RL.3.1
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“The Missing Library Card” is sheet 27 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on inference.
In the set it comes after “Recycling Around the World” and before “Volcano Islands”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RL.3.1 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 3
Reading: Literature · Key ideas and details
Children work on reading closely, asking and answering questions about the text, and pointing to the details that show the answer.
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…”
