Cars Reading Comprehension

Students read a family conversation about an old car and answer questions about appearance, usefulness and the characters’ differing viewpoints.
Grades
Grades 3–5, Elementary
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Jul 28, 2021

Subject
ELA, Reading Comprehension, Reading
Topic
Reading Comprehension, Reading passages
Resource types
Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Answer key
Included
Standards
RL.3.1

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From the author

This New Car Reading Comprehension Worksheet is great for helping your students build their reading comprehension skills. The worksheet uses a story about Bobby's concern about his family's old minivan to help students practice and improve their reading comprehension skills.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify why a character feels embarrassed

  • Compare practical and appearance-based viewpoints

  • Infer a lesson from the way a conversation concludes

Teaching tips

  • List the vehicle's practical uses before discussing the disagreement about appearance.

  • Ask readers to support the lesson with one action or statement from each side of the conversation.

Skills covered

  • Motivation analysis — embarrassment explains the initial complaint.

  • Viewpoint comparison — image is weighed against continued usefulness.

  • Theme inference — the ending points toward gratitude and perspective.

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What do the reading questions focus on?

Five multiple-choice questions address Bobby’s concerns, his mother’s viewpoint, story details and the lesson of their conversation. A checking page is included.

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