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Find Text Evidence
Grade 3 - Reading - Challenge Me
Worksheet 1
1A student answers, "Ravi's group uses survey data to plan what to sell at the school market." Which sentence from "The Market Plan" should the student cite as text evidence?
2Which answer can be proven by this evidence from "The Bridge Revision": "She added two folded braces underneath the bridge."?
3Read "The Broken Sundial": The museum's outdoor sundial no longer pointed to the correct hour. Chen noticed that the stone base had shifted after workers repaired the path. He wrote a note explaining the problem, and the museum guide marked the sundial closed until it could be reset. Which claim is not supported by text evidence?
4A student says, "Waves covered the pool and hid the crab." Which text evidence from "The Tide Pool Note" explains why that happened?
5Which evidence-and-explanation pair proves the answer about "The Weather Journal"?
6A student answers, "Talia improves a bridge design by using evidence from a test." Which sentence from "The Bridge Revision" should the student cite as text evidence?
7Which answer can be proven by this evidence from "The Weather Journal": "Asha recorded the temperature before recess for two weeks."?
8Read "The Night Hike": Before the park hike, Mateo clipped a small red light to his backpack. The guide asked everyone to keep voices low because owls were nesting nearby. When the group reached the overlook, Mateo pointed out the trail markers without disturbing the birds. Which claim is not supported by text evidence?
9A student says, "The sundial no longer pointed to the correct hour." Which text evidence from "The Broken Sundial" explains why that happened?
10Which evidence-and-explanation pair proves the answer about "The Market Plan"?
About this worksheet
Text evidence work asks third graders to prove an answer with words from the passage, not just remember a detail. Students may choose a true-sounding answer from background knowledge or stop after finding one interesting fact. This worksheet makes the citation step explicit. Students choose the sentence that should be cited, connect quoted evidence to an answer, reject unsupported claims, and explain how a detail proves a response. The passages are short enough to reread, but the questions require students to refer back to exact language. Encourage your child to point to the proof before choosing. If the answer cannot be tied to a sentence in the text, it is not strong evidence. That habit supports RI.3.1 and prepares students for longer written responses.
What your child will learn
Cite exact words from a passage
Use evidence to prove an answer
Reject unsupported claims
Explain how evidence supports thinking
Worked example
If an answer says Talia improved her bridge, cite the sentence explaining that she added folded braces after the first test.
Common mistake
Choosing a detail that could be true but is not stated in the passage.
Worksheet 1