The Mighty Blue Whale: Grade 3 Reading Passage
A third grade nonfiction passage about the blue whale: its giant size, blowholes, calves, baleen and diet of tiny krill. A free printable 3rd grade nonfiction passage (173 words) with multiple-choice what/how/why questions, a vocabulary match and a short written answer. Answer key on page 2.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 3
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
A third grade nonfiction passage about the blue whale: its giant size, blowholes, calves, baleen and diet of tiny krill. A free printable 3rd grade nonfiction passage (173 words) with multiple-choice what/how/why questions, a vocabulary match and a short written answer. Answer key on page 2. Third graders can use it for independent reading practice and to look back in the text for evidence.
On this sheet
The blue whale is the biggest animal alive today. Scientists think it may be the largest animal that has ever lived. An adult can grow to about 100 feet long, longer than two school buses parked end to end, and it can weigh as much as 25 elephants. Even though it lives in the ocean, a blue whale is not a fish. It is a mammal, just like you. It breathes air through two blowholes on top of its head.
Tips for using it
- Before reading, look at the picture and the title together and guess what the passage will be about.
- Ask your child to underline the sentence in the passage that proves each answer.
- Talk about the story afterwards: what was the problem, how was it solved, and what would your child have done?
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.
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