Reread to Understand is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on going back over a text to pin down the meaning, aligned to Common Core standard RF.3.4. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.
A canal cannot run uphill. Where the land rises, engineers build a lock: a chamber with a gate at each end.
A boat going uphill enters the lock through the lower gate. The gate closes behind it.
Sluices in the upper gate are opened. Water flows in from the higher stretch of canal, and the boat rises with it. No pump is needed, because the water comes down by gravity.
When the water inside matches the level above, the upper gate can be opened and the boat moves on.
Going downhill, everything runs the other way: the water is let out, and the boat sinks with it.
1. What are opened to let the water in?
2. What is a lock?
3. Which gate does a boat going uphill enter through?
4. What is a "sluice"?
2.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. What does "frequency" mean when talking about letters?
2. What does "survived" mean in this text?
3. How long is a dash compared with a dot?
4. What is the Morse pattern for SOS?
LessonPrint · RF.3.4 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reread to Understand
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Sluices in the upper gate. 2. A chamber with a gate at each end, built where the land rises. 3. The lower gate. 4. An opening in a gate that can be opened to let water through.
2.1. How often a letter is used. 2. Stayed in use for a long time. 3. Three times as long. 4. Three dots, three dashes, three dots.
Questions about Reread to Understand
What does the Reread to Understand worksheet cover?
It practises going back over a text to pin down the meaning — 2 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core RF.3.4: Read Grade 3 text at a sensible pace with expression, and fix your own errors. 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 Reread to Understand practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4 — RF.3.4, in the Reading: Foundational Skills domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Reread to Understand is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on RF.3.4, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Reread to Understand 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 Reread to Understand can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Reread to Understand free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Reread to Understand, 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.
More practice for RF.3.4
Read Grade 3 text at a sensible pace with expression, and fix your own errors.