Exploring Our Solar System: Grade 3 Reading Passage
A third grade space passage about the sun and the eight planets: rocky planets, gas giants, Saturn's rings and what makes Earth special. A free printable 3rd grade nonfiction passage (162 words) with multiple-choice which/why/what questions, true-or-false sentences and a short written answer. Answer key on page 2.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 3
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
A third grade space passage about the sun and the eight planets: rocky planets, gas giants, Saturn's rings and what makes Earth special. A free printable 3rd grade nonfiction passage (162 words) with multiple-choice which/why/what questions, true-or-false sentences and a short written answer. Answer key on page 2. Third graders can use it for independent reading practice and to look back in the text for evidence.
Tips for using it
- Before reading, look at the picture and the title together and guess what the passage will be about.
- Ask your child to underline the sentence in the passage that proves each answer.
- Talk about the story afterwards: what was the problem, how was it solved, and what would your child have done?
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.
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