What is it Made of? Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This What is it Made of reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd grade students a short passage about matter, four bubble questions and one written response. An answer key is included for quick checking.
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This What is it Made of reading comprehension worksheet pairs a short science text with the questions that prove a student understood it. The passage answers the title question directly: everything around us is made of matter, and matter shows up in three familiar forms. Students read the text once, then work back through it to find the evidence for every answer, which is the habit reading tests are built to measure.
The passage runs about 245 words at a third grade reading level, with an illustrated kitchen scene above it showing one example of each form. The first paragraph defines matter as the stuff that takes up space and has weight, including air a child cannot see. The second paragraph walks through solids, liquids and gases with everyday objects: a wooden block, a glass of milk, the air inside a balloon. The third explains how heat and cold move matter from one form to another, from a melting ice cube to steam leaving a mug. Page two holds four fill-in-the-bubble questions and one written response. Page three is the answer key.
What’s Included
- A one-page informational passage about matter, written for third grade
- An illustrated scene showing a solid, a liquid and a gas together
- Four fill-in-the-bubble questions drawn from all three paragraphs
- One written response with three lines and a sample answer
- A full answer key on the final page
Three Reasons This Helps Kids
- Every answer is findable in the text, so students practice citing evidence
- One question asks why an ice cube melts, an inference rather than a copied fact
- Science vocabulary arrives inside sentences that define it as they go
Teacher and Parent Ideas
Use this What is it Made of reading comprehension worksheet to open a states of matter unit, as the reading half of a science block, or as homework a parent can check against the key. Before reading, ask students to name three things on their desk and guess which form each one is. After reading, set out a tray with an ice cube, a cup of water and a warm mug and have students point to the solid, the liquid and the gas. A 3rd grade matter worksheet like this one also works well beside a hands-on melting experiment, since the text gives students the words for what they just watched.
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