Animal Fact Table 6: 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
Platypus	Rivers and streams in eastern Australia	about 50 centimeters long	Insect larvae and shrimp
Emperor penguin	Ice and cold seas of Antarctica	about 1.1 meters tall	Fish and squid
Honeybee	Hives in meadows	about 1.5 centimeters long	Flower nectar and pollen
Arctic fox	Cold	about 55 centimeters long	Lemmings and bird eggs

Questions

Read a table Which animal in the table eats flower nectar?
the platypus the honeybee the emperor penguin the arctic fox
Read a table How big is the platypus, according to the table?
about 55 centimeters long about 50 centimeters long about 1.5 centimeters long about 1.1 meters tall
Read a table Which animal in the table is the largest?
the platypus the honeybee the arctic fox the emperor penguin
Text features What does the column "Food" tell you?
how big each animal is how fast each animal moves what each animal eats where each animal lives
Read a table Which animal in the table eats fish?
the arctic fox the platypus the honeybee the emperor penguin
Read a table According to the table, where does the honeybee live?
Rivers and streams in eastern Australia Cold Hives in meadows Ice and cold seas of Antarctica
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 arctic fox lives?
the row that starts with "Arctic fox" the row that starts with "Platypus" the row that starts with "Emperor penguin" the row that starts with "Honeybee"

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