Furniture Reading Comprehension Passage - Cored Ed Encyclopedia

This furniture reading comprehension contains the following:

Pre-Reading Trivia

Students will write down one thing they already know about the subject and then read five more facts and discuss. These facts are fun, and the students will enjoy learning about the subject before reading more.

Reading Passage

The text is a high-interest reading passage with set paragraphs, roughly three to four paragraphs long. It contains a variety of themes about the topic, anywhere from history to technology. The passage is between 250 and 350 words in length.

Mixed Questions

The first question page contains four multiple-choice questions, each with a choice of four answers, and three written response questions that require a sentence or two from the student.

Creative Writing

In this question, the student will be required to write a five to eight sentence paragraph on a question related to the topic.

Extension Activities

This page is optional for fast finishers. If there are five to ten minutes left at the end of the lesson, the student can choose one of three activities, each one requiring a different skill.

Answer Key

There are answers for the multiple-choice questions and three written response questions have sample answers.

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Snapshot

• Genre: Nonfiction (informational text)

• Subject: Reading

• Primary Topic: What furniture is, how it’s made, and history

• Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): Q

What This Lesson Teaches Best

• Defines furniture by what it helps people do (sit, eat, sleep, work, store things) and gives examples of common items.

• Explains how furniture is made, including common materials and how makers connect parts using joints.

• Builds background knowledge about furniture across time, from using natural objects to evidence of built furniture long ago and stone furniture at Skara Brae.

• Shows how museums use objects as evidence of how people lived, including examples from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) collection.

Learning Goals

• Students will be able to explain what furniture is and list everyday tasks it helps people do.

• Students will be able to identify examples of furniture named in the passage and describe what each might be used for.

• Students will be able to describe how furniture can be made, including common materials and how joints connect pieces.

• Students will be able to describe key points in the history of furniture mentioned in the text (natural objects, carving/building, Skara Brae stone furniture).

• Students will be able to explain why museums collect furniture and name at least one example of an item mentioned from the V&A collection.

Key Vocabulary From the Text

• joints — special fits that lock furniture parts together.

• archaeologists — people who study the past using evidence.

• cupboards — furniture for storing things behind doors.

• centuries — periods of one hundred years.

• lacquer — a shiny coating used on some objects.

Cored Ed Encyclopedia Overview

The Cored Ed Encyclopedia is a weekly series of lessons that you can pick up and use right away. These short readings fit into whatever time you have available. Each one includes a warm-up, a reading, and a set of questions, but it’s flexible — you can do just the reading, the full lesson, or skip the writing section if you need to. Each lesson focuses on a single topic so students don’t get lost. The writing is clear but never childish, making it perfect for grades two through five. Topics range from animals and science to history, inventions, and everyday things. No matter the level of the student, everyone should take away at least one new idea or fact from each lesson. The materials are easy to print, easy to explain, and require no setup. They work well for whole-class teaching, partner work, or independent study.