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RL.3.2 Fables, Folktales and Myths Worksheets for Grade 3

Classic fables, a tall tale and a legend, including The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Pecos Bill and Belling the Cat, are paired with questions on central message, main idea, sequence and vocabulary for grade 3 readers.
Grades
Grade 3, Elementary
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Updated Oct 19, 2026

Subject
ELA, Reading, Common Core
Topic
fables, folktales
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Fill in the gaps of your Common Core curriculum! Each ePacket has reproducible worksheets with questions, problems, or activities that correspond to the packet’s Common Core standard. Download and print the worksheets for your students to complete. Then, use the answer key at the end of the document to evaluate their progress. Look at the product code on each worksheet to discover which of our many books it came from and build your teaching library! This ePacket has 6 activities that you can use to reinforce the standard CCSS RL.3.2: Fables, Folktales, and Myths. To view the ePacket, you must have Adobe Reader installed. You can install it by going to http://get.adobe.com/reader/.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify the moral or lesson of a fable
  • Summarize the main idea and sequence events in a short story
  • Work out word meanings from context in the fable, tall tale and legend passages

Teaching tips

  • Pecos Bill and King Arthur could be compared with the fables to discuss how a tall tale and a legend carry a lesson differently.

Skills covered

  • Central message — explaining the lesson in The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Belling the Cat
  • Cause and effect — tracing why events happen in each story
  • Vocabulary in context — answering word-meaning questions from the passages

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