Types of Bridges Worksheet
- Grades
- Grades 3–4
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- Preparation
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- Reading Comprehension, ELA
- Topic
- Bridges, Transportation
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This resource is a Types of Bridges Worksheet.
Students will see a poster with 8 types of bridges. They will read a 1-page passage about these bridges then they will answer 8 comprehension questions.
Answer key included.
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Learning objectives
Identify eight types of bridges by their structural features (beams, arches, cables, trusses).
Determine the main idea and author's purpose of an informational passage.
Distinguish a statement of fact from a statement of opinion within a text.
Teaching tips
Have students match each labelled diagram to its bridge type before reading the passage, then check their guesses against the text.
Use question 7 (fact vs. opinion about the Brooklyn Bridge) as a quick discussion starter on how to tell factual claims from opinions.
Let students research a local or well-known bridge and identify which of the eight types it matches as an extension activity.
Skills covered
Bridge-type identification — students match structural features (arches, cables, trusses, beams) to the correct bridge type.
Main idea and author's purpose — students identify what an informational passage is mostly about and why it was written.
Fact vs. opinion distinction — students determine whether a given statement about a bridge is factual or a matter of opinion.
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