Classifying Life Science Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Introduce classification through examples from animals and plants. Students read the passage and answer questions to check how well they understand grouping by shared features.
Grades
Grades 3–5
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Subject
Science, Life Sciences, Reading Comprehension
Topic
Classification, Living things
Answer key
Included
Standards
RI.4.1

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From the author

This Classifying Life Science Reading Comprehension Worksheet is a great way to help your students build their reading comprehension skills. The worksheet includes a reading passage about what it means to classify. There are also questions to help guide your students through the text.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Explain classification as sorting by shared traits

  • Identify valid attributes for grouping living things

  • Answer questions using information from a science passage

Teaching tips

  • Create a quick classroom-object sort before reading the formal definition.

  • Have students state the sorting rule behind one passage example.

Skills covered

  • Informational reading

  • Attribute classification

  • Science vocabulary

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Is classification explained before the questions?

Yes. An informational passage defines it and gives examples before the question page.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RI.4.1

Core concepts

  • Classification

  • Living things

  • Sorting rules

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