3rd Grade · Reading Comprehension
Why We Recycle
Free printable 3rd Grade reading comprehension worksheet: Why We Recycle. It practices author’s purpose (Common Core RI.3.6). 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
- Author’s purpose
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- RI.3.6
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Why We Recycle” is sheet 15 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on author’s purpose.
In the set it comes after “The Big Game” and before “The Robot Helper”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
RI.3.6 · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 3
Reading: Informational Text · Craft and structure
Children work on recognizing who is telling the story or what the author wants to say, and how that shapes the 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…”
