Animal Fact Table 3: Grade 3 Reading Comprehension

The table below gives facts about 4 animals. Read each row to learn about one animal, and read down a column to compare them.

Animal facts
Animal	Home	Size	Food
Koala	Eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia	about 75 centimeters long	Eucalyptus leaves
Sea turtle	Warm oceans around the world	about 1 meter long for most kinds	Sea grass and jellyfish
Bengal tiger	Forests	up to 3 meters long	Deer and wild pigs
Fennec fox	Sandy Sahara Desert in North Africa	about 40 centimeters long	Insects and small rodents

Questions

Read a table Which animal in the table eats sea grass?
the Bengal tiger the sea turtle the fennec fox the koala
Read a table How big is the koala, according to the table?
about 1 meter long for most kinds about 75 centimeters long up to 3 meters long about 40 centimeters long
Read a table Which animal in the table is the largest?
the Bengal tiger the fennec fox the sea turtle the koala
Text features What does the column "Food" tell you?
how fast each animal moves where each animal lives what each animal eats how big each animal is
Read a table Which animal in the table eats insects?
the koala the Bengal tiger the sea turtle the fennec fox
Read a table According to the table, where does the sea turtle live?
Sandy Sahara Desert in North Africa Eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia Warm oceans around the world Forests
Text features What is the best way to compare the sizes of all the animals?
read the title again read down the Size column count the rows read across the first row only
Read a table Which row would you read to find out where the fennec fox lives?
the row that starts with "Bengal tiger" the row that starts with "Sea turtle" the row that starts with "Fennec fox" the row that starts with "Koala"

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