Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions - All About Dolphins

Read about dolphins through Finn’s first-person account of life in a pod. Five chapters combine animal information with comprehension questions that send students back to the passage for evidence.
Grades
Grade 3
Pages
24
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Nov 28, 2023

Subject
ELA, Reading Comprehension
Topic
Dolphins, Grade 3 reading
Resource types
Worksheets, Activities
Answer key
Included
Standards
CCSS.RI.3.1

Product description

From the author

Are dolphins smart?
Dolphinately!

And you and your students will also be smarter after reading Finn's captivating story about life as a dolphin!

Inspire young readers with this popular cross-curricular resource all about dolphins. This very unique resource includes interesting reading passages, assessment quizzes and riddles.

If Dolphins Could Talk.. What would they tell us about their lives?

Learn all about dolphins from the perspective of Finn, a 4-year-old Bottlenose dolphin. Finn’s story is fun, clearly written, printable and highly appealing to young readers. This unique set of 5 reading passages will encourage fluency, comprehension and close reading skills. The fascinating content of this non-fiction resource will captivate readers as they learn about these beloved animals.

Each of the 5 reading passages is followed by one or two pages of multiple-choice questions giving readers practice referring back to evidence from the text to support their answer choices. Answer keys are also provided. There are fun dolphin riddles too!

All pages are in easily printable PDF format.

Although targeted to a 3rd grade reading level, this ready-to-use 24-page collection is an exceptional cross-curricular reading comprehension resource and will captivate dolphin lovers of all ages.

If Dolphins Could Talk: Finn’s Story

Chapter 1 - Me and My Pod

Chapter 2 - I’m a Mammal, Not a Fish

Chapter 3 - My Daily Life

Chapter 4 - I’m Very Smart

Chapter 5 - My Life with Humans

This resource addresses many of the 3rd and 4th Grade Common Core ELA Reading standards.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Return to a passage to locate details supporting an answer.
  • Distinguish the imagined narrator from the animal information presented.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Is Finn a real first-person source?

Finn is an imagined dolphin narrator used to present information. Explain that storytelling device while students look for animal facts and supporting details in the passages.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • CCSS.RI.3.1 — Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

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