Animal Fact Table 1: Grade 4 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
Camel	Hot	about 2 meters tall at the hump	Dry grasses and thorny plants
African elephant	Grasslands and forests in Africa	up to 4 meters tall at the shoulder	Grasses and leaves
Kiwi	Forests and scrubland	about 45 centimeters long	Earthworms and insects
Walrus	Icy seas of the Arctic	up to 3.5 meters long	Clams and snails

Questions

Read a table Which animal in the table eats grasses?
the kiwi the walrus the African elephant the camel
Read a table How big is the kiwi, according to the table?
up to 4 meters tall at the shoulder up to 3.5 meters long about 2 meters tall at the hump about 45 centimeters long
Read a table Which animal in the table is the largest?
the kiwi the African elephant the camel the walrus
Text features What does the column "Food" tell you?
where each animal lives how big each animal is how fast each animal moves what each animal eats
Read a table Which animal in the table eats dry grasses?
the kiwi the camel the African elephant the walrus
Read a table According to the table, where does the camel live?
Hot Forests and scrubland Icy seas of the Arctic Grasslands and forests in Africa
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 kiwi lives?
the row that starts with "African elephant" the row that starts with "Walrus" the row that starts with "Kiwi" the row that starts with "Camel"

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