Animal Fact Table 9: 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
Gorilla	Tropical rainforests in central Africa	up to 1.8 meters tall when standing	Leaves and stems
Scorpion	Deserts	from 1 centimeter to about 20 centimeters long	Insects and spiders
Sloth	Rainforests of Central and South America	about 60 centimeters long	Leaves and buds
Bald eagle	Near lakes	about 2 meters from wingtip to wingtip	Fish and ducks

Questions

Read a table Which animal in the table eats fish?
the gorilla the bald eagle the scorpion the sloth
Read a table How big is the gorilla, according to the table?
about 60 centimeters long up to 1.8 meters tall when standing about 2 meters from wingtip to wingtip from 1 centimeter to about 20 centimeters long
Read a table Which animal in the table is the largest?
the bald eagle the gorilla the scorpion the sloth
Text features What does the column "Food" tell you?
where each animal lives what each animal eats how big each animal is how fast each animal moves
Read a table Which animal in the table eats insects?
the bald eagle the sloth the scorpion the gorilla
Read a table According to the table, where does the bald eagle live?
Rainforests of Central and South America Near lakes Tropical rainforests in central Africa Deserts
Text features What is the best way to compare the sizes of all the animals?
count the rows read across the first row only read the title again read down the Size column
Read a table Which row would you read to find out where the gorilla lives?
the row that starts with "Scorpion" the row that starts with "Sloth" the row that starts with "Gorilla" the row that starts with "Bald eagle"

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