3rd Grade · Reading Comprehension
The Pyramids of Egypt
Free printable 3rd Grade reading comprehension worksheet: The Pyramids of Egypt. It practices explaining a process (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
- Explaining a process
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- RI.3.3
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“The Pyramids of Egypt” is sheet 13 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on explaining a process.
In the set it comes after “A Letter from Grandma” and before “The Big Game”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
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.
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…”
