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A space adventure reading lesson.
 

SPACE ADVENTURE

 

A space adventure reading comprehension lesson. Includes printable teaching worksheet.

 

Suggested Grades:

3rd Grade - 4th Grade

 

 

Objectives:

Students will be able to demonstrate their comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.

 

Teachers -- the following passage combines science with reading in a fun, pretend story. Use this to test your student's comprehension strategies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPACE ADVENTURE

 

Directions:

Print the space adventure reading comprehension passage and questions (see below).

 

Students should read the story silently, then answer the questions about the story.

 

Excerpt from passage

Sarah and Joe couldn't believe what they were looking at. Bright, enormous, star-like boulders flew by them quicker than airplanes back at home. These asteroids were larger than their house back on Earth, and as they floated through an asteroid field in their spaceship, Sarah started feeling worried. Joe and Sarah had been astronauts for less than 1 year now, and this was their first time in outer space.

 

They were on a mission to conduct experiments on Mars, and they were almost there when the first asteroid appeared. "If only we could get through this last mile, we can make it to our landing spot," said Sarah, sweating. Just then, the spaceship started making strange, bubbling sounds inside the engine. Smoke started to appear, and then water started leaking out of the sides.....

 

 

 

SPACE ADVENTURE PRINTABLES

Space Adventure Printable

Print this worksheet for this lesson.  Includes reading passage, questions, and answers.

 

 

 

 

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