Animal Fact Table 2: Grade 5 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
Hummingbird	Gardens	about 8 centimeters long	Flower nectar and tiny insects
Giant panda	Cool	about 1.5 meters long	Bamboo
Komodo dragon	A few hot	up to 3 meters long	Deer and pigs
American bison	Grasslands and prairies of North America	up to about 1.8 meters tall at the shoulder	Grasses and sedges

Questions

Read a table Which animal in the table eats grasses?
the American bison the giant panda the hummingbird the Komodo dragon
Read a table How big is the hummingbird, according to the table?
up to about 1.8 meters tall at the shoulder about 1.5 meters long about 8 centimeters long up to 3 meters long
Read a table Which animal in the table is the largest?
the American bison the Komodo dragon the giant panda the hummingbird
Text features What does the column "Food" tell you?
how fast each animal moves how big each animal is where each animal lives what each animal eats
Read a table Which animal in the table eats flower nectar?
the giant panda the American bison the hummingbird the Komodo dragon
Read a table According to the table, where does the hummingbird live?
A few hot Gardens Grasslands and prairies of North America Cool
Text features What is the best way to compare the sizes of all the animals?
read down the Size column read the title again count the rows read across the first row only
Read a table Which row would you read to find out where the Komodo dragon lives?
the row that starts with "Hummingbird" the row that starts with "American bison" the row that starts with "Giant panda" the row that starts with "Komodo dragon"

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