3rd Grade Text Features and Structure worksheets

Text Features and Structure

Grade 3 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the answer.

1. 1.

   Use the index. Which page tells about both eggs and tadpoles?

   • page 4
   • page 13
   • page 11
   • page 12
2. 2.

   Use the index. How many pages tell about magnets?

   • 6 pages
   • 11 pages
   • 2 pages
   • 5 pages
3. 3.

   Use the contents. On which page does the chapter about fossil hunters end?

   • page 21
   • page 14
   • page 15
   • page 20
4. 4.

   You want to find out why leaves change color in fall. Which search words would work best?

   • colors
   • tree
   • things that happen in the fall
   • leaves change color fall
5. 5.

   Read: "Deer ate the town's gardens. The town built tall fences, and now the gardens grow safely." How is this text organized?

   • problem and solution
   • time order
   • compare and contrast
   • question and answer
6. 6.

   Use the glossary. A frog lives in water when young and on land as an adult. Which word names it?

   • habitat
   • mammal
   • reptile
   • amphibian
7. 7.

   Use the index. You want to measure how far apart two towns are on a map. Which page should you read?

   • page 12
   • page 4
   • page 10
   • page 7
8. 8.

   A bold word, aquifer, is on page 9. Which feature shows every other page that mentions it?

   • glossary
   • index
   • table of contents
   • sidebar
9. 9.

   Read the sentence. The writer explains the bold word right in the sentence. What is amber?

   • a kind of soft rock
   • sap that hardens
   • a bug stuck in mud
   • a very old bone
10. 10.

    Read: "Fossils and rocks are both found in the ground. Unlike rocks, fossils show signs of life." Which signal words show a comparison?

    • problem and solved
    • first and next
    • because and so
    • both and unlike