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Supporting Details is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on holding on to the details that support an idea, aligned to Common Core standard SL.3.2. 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.

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Supporting Details

SL.3.2

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Fox and the Well

A fox leaned too far over a well and fell in. The water was shallow, but the walls were smooth and far too high to climb. He was still sitting there when a goat came by and looked down. "Is the water good?" asked the goat. "The best I have ever tasted," said the fox. "Come down and see." The goat jumped in. The fox climbed onto the goat's back, sprang out, and trotted off. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" "You should have thought about that," said the fox, "before you jumped."

  1. 1. What happened between the goat jumping in and the fox trotting off?
  2. 2. Why could the fox not climb out?
  3. 3. How did the fox get into the well?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Why Anansi Has Thin Legs

Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs, and a nose for other people's cooking. One morning he smelled beans at Rabbit's house. "Tie a web to my leg," he told Rabbit, "and tug it when the beans are ready." Rabbit agreed. Then Anansi smelled fish at Monkey's, and yams at Guinea Fowl's, and soup at Warthog's. To each he said the same thing. By noon he had eight webs tied to eight legs. At noon every pot was ready at once. Eight tugs came together. The webs pulled so hard that Anansi's legs stretched thin as thread — and he got no dinner at all. They have been thin ever since.

  1. 1. What did Anansi get to eat in the end?
  2. 2. What did Anansi ask each neighbour to do?
  3. 3. Recount this folktale and explain how its message is conveyed.

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Answer key — Supporting Details

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The fox climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out of the well. 2. The walls were smooth and far too high. 3. He leaned too far over and fell in.
  2. 2.1. Nothing — he got no dinner at all. 2. Tie a web to his leg and tug it when the food was ready. 3. Anansi tied a web to each neighbour, all eight tugged at noon, his legs stretched thin and he ate nothing — greed cost him everything.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.3.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.