Friendship Reading Comprehension Passages

Silvio has kids to sit with, but no close friend, until chess club.

10 passages
5 multiple-choice questions
2 open-ended questions
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Grade: 3
What you get: 10 passages at F&P levels N–P in ten text types44 pages
Type: Reading Comprehension
Use it: Print + digitaldigital = one link, no student logins
Competency: Relationship Skills
Topic: Friendship

About this resource

Silvio has kids to sit with, but no close friend, until chess club. These friendship reading comprehension passages give Grade 3 readers ten texts at F&P levels N–P about how friendships start, what a true friend does, and how a friendship keeps growing when things change. The set builds Relationship Skills inside your literacy time, and doubles as friendship activities for a class discussion.

What students practice

Finding friends through shared interests
Cheering for a friend’s success
Telling a true friend from a fair-weather one
Keeping a friendship strong when classes or plans change
Answering word-meaning and text-structure questions

What’s inside

10passages at F&P levels N–P in ten text types, including a fable, a science piece and a myths-and-facts explainer

5multiple-choice questions per passage, a few on word meaning or text structure

2open-ended questions per passage that call for written answers

44pages

Answer key for the multiple-choice questions on the last page

A look inside

The Robin Who Cheered the LoudestPecky feels a small pang when Skye the Sparrow flies across the meadow first, then cheers for her anyway.

Fair-Weather Friend, True Friendwith the family car in the shop for two weeks, one friend only talks about missed games while another brings board games over.

Why We Often Befriend the Kids Nearbystudies show that seats, clubs and teams can be the start of new friendships.

Buddy Readers Bridge Two Gradesthird graders and their first-grade reading buddies become real friends.

Friendship Myths and Factsdo best friends never disagree? This piece sorts the myths from the facts.

How to use these friendship reading passages in Grade 3

Small reading groups at levels N–P, working through the multiple-choice questions together

An SEL block on friendship, for example reading “How to Keep a Friendship Growing” and talking through its steps

Practice at home, checked later with the answer key

Written responseStudents answer the two open-ended questions after a passage such as “Showing Up for the Big Day”

Grade fit

Levels move from N to P, so these reading passages with questions start with a profile and a backyard fort story that suit readers still settling into longer texts, while the level-P news feature and myths-and-facts explainer stretch stronger readers. The situations fit third graders who are joining clubs, changing classes and meeting new classmates for the first time.

Digital version

With the interactive digital version, you share one link and students read each passage and answer the questions on any device, with no student logins. At the end they download an answer sheet to hand in.