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Grade 3 Reading Worksheet
Read the story. Then retell it in your own words.
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Rosa and her dad took their small boat onto the lake. The sun was bright on the water. Halfway across, a crack opened and water began to seep in. Soon the boat sat low in the water. Dad pressed a rag into the crack, and Rosa bailed with a cup. They rowed back to shore.
Retell the story in your own words.
A summary tells the most important parts of a story in a few sentences, in the order they happened and in the reader's own words. Retelling is the first step: a child says who the story is about, what happened and how it ended, and leaves out the small details. On this worksheet your child reads one short story and fills in three spaces: who is in the story, what happened, and how it ends.
Each of the six versions has its own story, and the answer key gives a model summary. Any summary that names the characters, gives the main events in order and says how the story ends is correct. Ask your child to tell the story aloud first, in three sentences, and then write it down.
Common Core standard: RL.3.2
Who: Rosa and her dad. What happened: Their boat sprang a leak and they fixed it with a rag. How it ends: They rowed back to shore.
Retelling every detail, or copying sentences from the story instead of using your own words.
Who is in it, what happened, how did it end? Leave out small details.
Retelling every detail, or copying sentences from the story instead of using your own words.
Who is in it, what happened, how did it end? Leave out small details.
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