Grade 3 Reading Literature - Comprehending Literature

Story 1: Selling My Bike

Sarah: Would you like to buy my bike? I can sell it to you very cheaply.
Tina: I don’t know.
Narrator: Tina looks the bike over and makes a face.
Tina: The bike's wheel looks wobbly. It looks like it might fall off.
Sarah: It won't fall off. It has stayed on forever.
Narrator: Tina looks unsure.
Tina: How much do you want for your bike?
Sarah: $50.00.
Tina: I'll give you $30.00 for the bike.
Sarah: Okay. I will only take cash.
Tina: Fine. Here is the money. The bike had better work.
Narrator: Sarah gives the bike to Tina and Tina gives Sarah $30.

Story 2: Painting the room

Margaret loved her room. It was painted a pink color. Everything in her room was pink. She had a princess bed with all of her dolls on her bed. She also had many things in her room for a young girl. However, Margaret had just turned ten years old. She wanted to change her room. She wasn’t a young girl anymore. Her room needed to change because she was growing older. Margaret’s mother had said that they could first paint her room. It should be a color for older girls. Margaret chose gray.

Margaret and her mother pushed all of the things in Margaret’s room into the hallway. Margaret was scared to change the paint in her room. It had always been pink and she still loved pink. Yet, she knew she would love the gray color too.

After a few hours, the room was painted. Margaret looked around her room. It looked great. She really didn’t miss the pink color. Margaret’s mother said that they should go shopping. They should buy things for the rest of the room.

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