Sea Turtles: Swimmers of the Ocean
Sea Turtles: Swimmers of the Ocean is a free, printable Grade 3 ELA worksheet — 5 questions with an answer key, aligned to CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1. Lessonpress generated it in about a minute, and you can make your own for any K–5 grade, standard, or skill.
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- 1.
Read the passage below. Then answer the questions that follow.
Answer: Reading passage — see comprehension questions below.
- 2.
According to the passage, what do hatchlings use to find their way to the ocean?
Answer: The light reflecting off the water
- 4.
Why is it dangerous for hatchlings to travel from the nest to the ocean? Use a detail from the passage in your answer.
Answer: It is dangerous because birds and crabs hunt the hatchlings as they scramble across the beach toward the water.
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Use the passage to compare baby sea turtles and adult sea turtles. Fill in the table with details from the text.
Answer: Baby Sea Turtle - Where it lives: scrambles from the beach into the ocean; Adult Sea Turtle - Where it lives: lives in warm ocean waters. Baby Sea Turtle - How it moves: crawls and scrambles across the sand toward the water; Adult Sea Turtle - How it moves: swims with flat, paddle-like flippers. Baby Sea Turtle - Main challenge or job: surviving the trip from the nest to the ocean; Adult Sea Turtle - Main challenge or job: returning to its birth beach to lay eggs.
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What grade is the "Sea Turtles: Swimmers of the Ocean" worksheet for?
Grade 3. It's calibrated to the Grade 3 reading load and content, and aligned to CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1.
What standard does this ELA worksheet cover?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1, from the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: 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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