How Bees Make Honey Reading Comprehension Worksheets for 3rd Grade

What your child practices

These 2 worksheets pair the passage "How Bees Make Honey" with 12 questions for 3rd grade readers (Grade 3 in Canada). In upper elementary, students shift from learning to read to reading to learn, so answering questions with details from the text becomes the key skill. The sheets cover Comprehension and Sequence of Events. It is aligned to Common Core RI.3.1, which focuses on finding key details in a nonfiction text. It also touches RI.3.2, identifying the main topic or main idea of a nonfiction text. Answer keys sit on page 2 of each PDF, so checking takes seconds. Finished a sheet? The online version reads every question aloud and checks answers instantly.

Tips for parents

• Ask your child to answer in full sentences, a habit teachers look for in upper elementary.
• After the last question, ask for a two sentence retell of "How Bees Make Honey" in their own words.
• If an answer is wrong, send your child back to the text rather than giving the answer.