3rd Grade Visual Information worksheets

Visual Information

Grade 3 Reading Worksheet

Circle the answer.

1. Read this first

   The Great Can Drive

   Every November, Lincoln Elementary holds a can drive for the town food bank. Students bring cans of soup, beans, and fruit from home. The food bank shares the food with families who need it.

   This year, the students set a goal of 200 cans. They had four weeks to reach it. A big box sat by the front door, and students dropped their cans in each morning.

   Every Friday, two third graders counted the cans in the box. They wrote the total for that week on a chart in the hallway. The school also showed the totals on a bar graph.

   The drive got off to a good start. In the second week, students brought in even more cans. Then a snowstorm closed the school for two days in week three. With fewer school days, fewer cans came in.

   The students did not give up. During the last week, the principal made a promise. If they reached the goal, she would read a story to the whole school while wearing a turkey hat. Students brought in more cans that week than in any other week.

   When the drive ended, the students added up all four weeks. They had beaten their goal! The food bank picked up the cans in a big truck. The principal kept her promise, and everyone laughed at the turkey hat.

3. 1.

   Look at the bar graph. How many cans were collected in Week 1?

   • 40
   • 50
   • 30
   • 60
4. 2.

   The text says a snowstorm closed school in week three. What does the graph show about that week?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • It had the fewest cans of all four weeks.
   • It had the most cans of all four weeks.
   • It had more cans than Week 2 did.
   • It had the same number of cans as Week 1.
5. 3.

   How many more cans came in during Week 2 than during Week 1?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • 20
   • 60
   • 10
   • 30
6. 4.

   What does the graph show that the text does NOT tell?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • the exact number of cans each week
   • why fewer cans came in week three
   • what the principal promised to do
   • who counted the cans every Friday
7. 5.

   How many cans did the students collect in all four weeks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • 80
   • 200
   • 210
   • 180
8. 6.

   Which sentence from the text does the bar for Week 4 support?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • The drive got off to a good start.
   • The food bank picked up the cans in a big truck.
   • With fewer school days, fewer cans came in.
   • Students brought in more cans that week than in any other week.
9. 7.

   The goal was 200 cans. By how many cans did the students beat it?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • 30
   • 20
   • 10
   • 80
10. 8.

    Why did the school show the weekly totals on a bar graph?

    • so readers can see what was in each can
    • so readers can compare the weeks quickly
    • so no one had to count the cans again
    • so the principal could choose a hat
11. 9.

    Why did the principal wear a turkey hat?

    • It was the first day of the drive.
    • The snowstorm closed the school.
    • The students reached their goal.
    • The food bank asked her to wear it.
12. 10.

    Who gets the food from the can drive?

    • the teachers at Lincoln
    • the truck drivers
    • the students who counted
    • families who need it