How Sentences Connect is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on naming the logical link between parts of a text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.3.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 18 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
18 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
How Sentences Connect
RI.3.8
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Morse Code
Morse code turns every letter into a pattern of short and long signals: dots and dashes.
The commonest letters were given the shortest patterns. E is one dot. T is one dash. Q, which is rare, is dash-dash-dot-dash. Because of that choice, an average message is much shorter than it would be otherwise.
A message can be sent as sound, as light, or as taps on a pipe. That is why it survived so long: it needs almost no equipment.
Timing carries the meaning. A dash is three times as long as a dot. The gap between letters is three dots long, and between words, seven.
SOS was chosen because it is easy to recognise: three dots, three dashes, three dots.
1. How is this text organised?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
How a Windmill Grinds Flour
A windmill turns moving air into turning stone.
The sails are set at a slight angle. Because of that angle, wind pushing on them cannot pass straight through, so it pushes them round instead.
The sails turn a horizontal shaft. A large wooden gear on that shaft meshes with a smaller one on an upright shaft, which turns the millstones below.
Because the smaller gear has fewer teeth, it spins faster than the sails do. Four turns of the sails can mean twenty turns of the stone.
The grain falls between two stones. The top stone turns; the bottom one does not. The grain is crushed between them, and flour comes out at the edge.
1. How is this text organised?
LessonPrint · RI.3.8 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Sentences Connect
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. By topic — what the code is, why it is efficient, how it is sent, and how timing works.
2.1. As a chain of causes, following the movement from the sails down to the flour.
Questions about How Sentences Connect
What does the How Sentences Connect worksheet cover?
It practises naming the logical link between parts of a text — 2 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core RI.3.8: Name how one sentence or paragraph connects to the next. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does How Sentences Connect practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.8 — RI.3.8, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
How Sentences Connect is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on RI.3.8, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does How Sentences Connect come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of How Sentences Connect can I print?
25 versions, of which 18 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is How Sentences Connect free to print and photocopy?
Yes. How Sentences Connect, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.3.8?
Yes — “How Sentences and Paragraphs Connect” is a 40-minute Grade 3 plan for RI.3.8, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. How Sentences Connect is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.3.8
Name how one sentence or paragraph connects to the next.