Animal Fact Table 8: 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
Red-eyed tree frog	Warm	about 7 centimeters long	Crickets and moths
Springbok	Dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa	about 80 centimeters tall at the shoulder	Grasses and shrubs
Giraffe	Dry grasslands of Africa	up to 5.5 meters tall	Acacia leaves and twigs
Kangaroo	Grasslands and open forests	up to 2 meters tall when standing	Grasses and leaves

Questions

Read a table How big is the springbok, according to the table?
up to 2 meters tall when standing about 7 centimeters long about 80 centimeters tall at the shoulder up to 5.5 meters tall
Read a table Which animal in the table is the largest?
the giraffe the springbok the red-eyed tree frog the kangaroo
Text features What does the column "Food" tell you?
what each animal eats how fast each animal moves how big each animal is where each animal lives
Read a table Which animal in the table eats acacia leaves?
the springbok the kangaroo the giraffe the red-eyed tree frog
Read a table According to the table, where does the springbok live?
Dry grasslands of Africa Dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa Grasslands and open forests Warm
Text features What is the best way to compare the sizes of all the animals?
read down the Size column count the rows read the title again read across the first row only
Read a table Which row would you read to find out where the kangaroo lives?
the row that starts with "Kangaroo" the row that starts with "Red-eyed tree frog" the row that starts with "Giraffe" the row that starts with "Springbok"

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