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Workout
Skills Review & Practice

Reading Grade 3

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 Table of Contents

Workout, Grade 3 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Answer Keys
Unit 1: Reading for Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Unit 2: Reading Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Unit 3: Writing, Editing, Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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 Workout, Reading Grade 3
Table of Contents

Unit 1: Reading for Information

Lesson 1 Reference Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Lesson 2 Organizational Features: Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Lesson 3 Graphic Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lesson 4 Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lesson 5 Choosing the Right Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Lesson 6 Asking Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lesson 7 Graphic Organizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lesson 8 Main Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lesson 9 Supporting Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lesson 10 Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lesson 11 Drawing Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lesson 12 Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lesson 13 Compare and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lesson 14 Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Lesson 15 Author’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Unit 2: Reading Literature

Lesson 16 Telling the Genres Apart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lesson 17 Author’s Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lesson 18 Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lesson 19 Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Lesson 20 Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Lesson 21 Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Lesson 22 Summarizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Lesson 23 Rhyme and Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Lesson 24 Types of Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Lesson 25 Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Lesson 26 Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lesson 27 Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Lesson 28 Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Words to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Unit 1: Reading for On Your Own!

1. C
Information 2. B
3. A
Lesson 1: Reference Books 4. D
5. C
Try It!
6. Write It Out
1. A
Answers will vary. Sample response: I would
2. C
expect to find information about insects that live
3. A in the Sonoran Desert.
4. B
5. In Your Own Words
Lesson 3: Graphic Features
Volume 6, F
Try It!
On Your Own!
1. D
1. C
2. C
2. A
3. C
3. D
4. B
4. D
5. In Your Own Words
5. B
Answers will vary. Sample response: How Long
6. Write It Out It Lives, How Many Offspring It Has, etc.
Answers will vary. Sample response:
encyclopedia entry “basketball”; website about On Your Own!
sports or basketball 1. D
2. B
Lesson 2: Organizational 3. B
Features: Headings 4. A
5. C
Try It! 6. Write It Out
1. B Answers will vary. Sample response: teacher’s
2. D name, number of boys, number of girls, favorite
3. B animal, favorite color
4. C
5. In Your Own Words
Answers will vary. Sample response: It belongs
in paragraph 4 because that is the paragraph
about sun bears.

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Lesson 4: Context Clues On Your Own!

1. A
Try It! 2. B
1. C 3. A
2. B 4. C
3. C 5. B
4. A 6. Write It Out
5. In Your Own Words Answers will vary. Sample response: The journal
Answers will vary. Sample response: sticking to entry tells about one astronaut’s life in space.
passing people and animals The book tells about what and how astronauts
eat in space.
On Your Own!
1. A
Lesson 6: Asking Questions
2. A
3. D Try It!
4. A 1. C
5. B 2. B
6. Write It Out 3. B
Answers will vary. Sample response: 4. D
Dread: feeling of fear 5. In Your Own Words
Startled: surprised Answers will vary. Sample response: What did
Emerged: appeared Elisha Otis do to make elevators safe? Why did
Chicago grow so rapidly?

Lesson 5: Choosing the On Your Own!

Right Texts 1. C
2. D
Try It! 3. C
1. D 4. B
2. A 5. B
3. C 6. Write It Out
4. C Answers will vary. Sample response: Why do
5. In Your Own Words frogs live near water? Why do toads have
Answers will vary. Sample response: Some drier skin?
spiders spin webs to catch insects; when an
insect lands on the web, the spider feels its
movement.

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Lesson 7: Graphic Organizers On Your Own!

1. C
Try It! 2. B
1. D 3. A
2. C 4. C
3. A 5. D
4. A 6. Write It Out
5. In Your Own Words Answers will vary. Sample response: Healthful
Answers will vary. Sample response: The topic snacks are easy and fun to make.
of the passage goes in the middle circle. Related
facts and ideas go in the outside circles.
Lesson 9: Supporting Details
On Your Own!
Try It!
1. B
1. B
2. B
2. A
3. B
3. B
4. A
4. D
5. C
5. In Your Own Words
6. Write It Out
Answers will vary. Sample response: Exercise
Answers will vary. Sample response: Circles
is healthy. Exercise can be both fun and good
should contain facts from the passage related
for you.
to the topic “Ice Cream Flavors.” Outer circles
could include topics such as: Chocolate,
Vanilla, etc.
On Your Own!
1. A
2. B
Lesson 8: Main Idea 3. C

Try It! 4. D

1. C 5. B

2. D 6. Write It Out

3. A Accept any two supporting details from

paragraph 3.
4. C
5. In Your Own Words
Answers will vary. Sample response: Leap years
happen every four years to make the calendar
work.

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Lesson 10: Making Inferences On Your Own!

1. B
Try It! 2. C
1. C 3. A
2. C 4. C
3. C 5. C
4. D 6. Write It Out
5. In Your Own Words Answers will vary. Sample response: Tony
Answers will vary. Sample response: climbed up probably feels relieved that Dr. Kim didn’t make
the step slowly, dropped into the first seat he him touch the spider, and that she understands
saw, kept his head down, didn’t want to talk to his feelings.
anybody

On Your Own! Lesson 12: Fact and Opinion

1. A
Try It!
2. D
1. C
3. B
2. C
4. C
3. B
5. B
4. In Your Own Words
6. Write It Out
Answers will vary. Sample response: It is an
Answers will vary. Sample response: Clara is opinion. It tells what John thinks and feels.
kind and responsible. She does her chores and
worries about her parents. On Your Own!
1. B
Lesson 11: Drawing 2. D
Conclusions 3. C
4. A
Try It! 5. A
1. A 6. Write It Out
2. B Answers will vary. Sample response: It is an
3. C opinion. It tells what the magazine writer thinks
4. B about that ride.
5. In Your Own Words
Answers will vary. Sample response: Min Ju
checks her project several times. She won a
blue ribbon in the science fair.

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Lesson 13: Compare and On Your Own!

Contrast 1. D
2. A
Try It! 3. B
1. C 4. A
2. D 5. D
3. A 6. Write It Out
4. C Answers will vary. Sample response: Accept any
5. In Your Own Words responses that show correct sequence of the
story’s events.
Answers will vary. Sample response: Manx
cats and Persian cats are both part of the same
animal family. However, Manx cats don’t have Lesson 15: Author’s
tails and Persian cats do.
Perspective
On Your Own!
Try It!
1. C
1. B
2. A
2. A
3. C
3. C
4. B
4. B
5. D
5. In Your Own Words
6. Write It Out
Answers will vary. Sample response: A worker
Answers will vary. Sample response: Emma is
would probably be happy that parking was
tired of people thinking they are alike. She wants
cheap and would not want it to change.
them to notice the differences. Kayla is not
bothered by it at all.
On Your Own!
1. D
Lesson 14: Sequence 2. C
3. A
Try It!
4. D
1. A
5. A
2. B
6. Write It Out
3. C
Answers will vary. Sample response: Students
4. B
may suggest that the writer could add more
5. In Your Own Words facts about pollution.
Sample answer: Meg saw Mom.

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Unit 2: Reading On Your Own!

1. D
Literature 2. B
3. C
Lesson 16: Telling the 4. C
Genres Apart 5. B
6. Write It Out
Try It!
Answers will vary. Sample response: When you
1. B don’t sleep enough, you can be grumpy, lazy,
2. D forgetful, or just lack energy. It is important to
3. C get plenty of sleep so you can live an active life
4. A and be happy.

5. In Your Own Words

Answers will vary. Sample response: The books Lesson 18: Plot
are both about animals. Jill wants a fiction book.
Jake wants a nonfiction book. Try It!
1. D
On Your Own! 2. B
1. C
3. C
2. A
4. B
3. D
5. In Your Own Words
4. B
Answers will vary. Sample response: Rick’s
5. C mom called him a clever boy because he was
6. Write It Out creative with his solution to the problem. He
Answers will vary. Sample response: The group looked for a way to help the situation.
reads more nonfiction books: How Animals
Survive; The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Ways On Your Own!
to Travel. 1. A
2. C

Lesson 17: Author’s Purpose 3. D

4. C
Try It! 5. B
1. B 6. Write It Out
2. D Answers will vary. Sample response: Stanley
3. C could collect his food at night when the dog was
4. A sleeping. He could also find a new place to hide
his food.
5. In Your Own Words
Answers will vary. Sample response: The author
is fascinated by emperor penguins, and how
they live and survive in the cold.

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Lesson 19: Character On Your Own!

1. C
Try It! 2. C
1. B 3. A
2. C 4. B
3. D 5. D
4. A 6. Write It Out
5. In Your Own Words Answers will vary. Sample response: I might
Answers will vary. Sample response: I feel angry read about sand, waves, a boardwalk.
with the fox for tricking me.

On Your Own! Lesson 21: Theme

1. B
Try It!
2. C
1. A
3. A
2. C
4. D
3. B
5. D
4. C
6. Write It Out
5. In Your Own Words
Answers will vary. Sample response: Jose was
Answers will vary. Sample response: Androcles
prompt. He did his job well. He worked hard. He
and the Lion is an example. Androcles helps the
knows the store now.
lion when he is wounded. When the lion has the
chance to eat Androcles, he refuses and instead
Lesson 20: Setting plays with him. They are both rewarded in the end.

Try It! On Your Own!

1. D 1. D
2. A 2. C
3. C 3. D
4. C 4. B
5. In Your Own Words 5. A
Answers will vary. Sample response: You might 6. Write It Out
see hills, streams, trees, leaves, hiking trails, Answers will vary. Sample response: The story
other campers, deer, birds, snakes. teaches an important lesson: you cannot rely on
others to take care of you.

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Lesson 22: Summarizing On Your Own!

1. A
Try It! 2. D
1. D 3. C
2. B 4. C
3. D 5. B
4. C 6. Write It Out
5. In Your Own Words 6 rhyming pairs: white, might; heart, tart; there,
Answers will vary. Sample response: Accept air; stray, day; pass, grass; showers, flowers
answers that explain some of the ways that
seeds travel.
Unit 3: Writing, Editing,
On Your Own! Mechanics
1. A
2. C
3. A
Lesson 24: Types of
4. C Sentences
5. D
Try It!
6. Write It Out
1. A
Answers will vary. Sample response: Accept
2. C
summaries that explain how a cactus has many
different qualities that help it to survive in the 3. B
desert. 4. B
5. In Your Own Words

Lesson 23: Rhyme and Answers will vary. Sample response: Voting is an
important part of being a citizen. Do you believe
Rhythm that every person should exercise his or her right
to vote? The first is a declarative sentence. The
Try It! second is interrogative.
1. B
2. A On Your Own!
3. C 1. C
4. C 2. A
5. In Your Own Words 3. B
Answers will vary. Sample response: 4. C
One has 5 lines, the other only 4. Also, their 5. D
rhyme and rhythm are different. 6. Write It Out
13 declarative sentences; 1 imperative sentence;
2 interrogative sentences; 2 exclamatory
sentences

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Lesson 25: Punctuation On Your Own!

1. A
Try It! 2. C
1. B 3. B
2. B 4. D
3. C 5. C
4. D 6. Write It Out
5. In Your Own Words Answers will vary. Sample response: The best
Answers will vary. Sample response: Rosa Parks part would have been the travel. The worst part
made a difference in all our lives! would have been the weather.

On Your Own!
1. C
Lesson 27: Spelling
2. B Try It!
3. D 1. C
4. A 2. D
5. D 3. C
6. Write It Out 4. B
Answers will vary. Sample response: How did 5. In Your Own Words
you think America would turn out? I thought it
Answers will vary. Sample response: Fruit is
would be a free land with lots of opportunity.
always a healthful snack.

Lesson 26: Capitalization On Your Own!

1. D
Try It! 2. D
1. C 3. C
2. B 4. C
3. C 5. B
4. D 6. Write It Out
5. In Your Own Words Answers will vary. Sample response: I carry my
Answers will vary. Sample response: Clara Barton books, pencils, and lunch. I try to follow the
had a meaningful life that changed many others. safety rules, but sometimes I have to bring home
four books. It can get very heavy.

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Lesson 28: Subject-Verb On Your Own!

Agreement 1. C
2. B
Try It! 3. D
1. C 4. C
2. A 5. A
3. C 6. Write It Out
4. D Second sentence: So are the stories about them!
5. In Your Own Words
Answers will vary. Sample response: I think
about the wide range of colors. I also think
about how beautiful it is and how lucky I am to
see one.

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