Grade 3

Read a passage and answer detail questions

Read a short passage carefully and find specific details the questions ask about.

Category: Reading Readiness 9 min Confident
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Scan the passage for key words that match the question. Answer in a full sentence when you can.

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Grandma's garden had roses, sunflowers, and jasmine. She watered them every morning before breakfast.

passage

Read the whole passage first.

Example: Grandma's garden had three kinds of flowers.

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What flowers were in the garden?

detail question

Look back at the passage for names.

Example: Roses, sunflowers, and jasmine.

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When did grandma water the flowers?

detail question

Find the time clue.

Example: She watered them every morning before breakfast.

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Why do you think she did it before breakfast?

thinking question

This needs a small inference.

Example: She may have wanted to finish early when it was cool.

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