📖 Reading Passage

Read the following passage carefully:

Anna is excited about the Science Fair next week. She wants to explore how plants grow under different colours of light. She carefully planned her experiment, gathering pots, seeds, and coloured filters. She began by planting the seeds in identical soils and placing each pot under a different light colour. Every day, she measured their height and noted changes in their leaves. Anna kept a detailed log to help her explain her results at the fair. She felt nervous but proud of the hard work she had done.

🔍 Comprehension Questions

1. What is Anna's Science Fair project about?

2. What materials did Anna use for her experiment?

3. How did Anna carry out her experiment each day?

4. Why did Anna keep a detailed log?

5. How did Anna feel about her project at the end?

Excited and confident

Nervous but proud

Disappointed and worried

Confused and frustrated

6. What might be a good title for Anna's project?

📚 Vocabulary Activity

1. What does "experiment" mean? Use it in a sentence.

2. What are "filters" and why did Anna use them?

3. What does "identical" mean when describing the soils?

4. Which word describes what Anna did every day to the plants?

watered

measured

planted

gathered

5. What does "detailed" mean in "detailed log"?

6. Match the vocabulary words with their meanings:

1. Experiment

2. Filters

3. Identical

4. Measured

5. Detailed

A. Exactly the same

B. Found the size or amount

C. A scientific test

D. Objects that change light colour

E. Having lots of information

✏️ Grammar Focus

1. Find a simple sentence in the passage and write it down.

2. Find a compound sentence with a coordinating conjunction (and, but, so). Write it down and underline the conjunction.

3. Complete the sentence: "Anna felt nervous _______ proud of her hard work."

and

but

so

because

4. Create your own compound sentence about a science experiment using "and", "but", or "so":

5. Which type of sentence is this: "Anna kept a detailed log to help her explain her results at the fair."

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

🤔 Reflection and Extension

1. What is one new word you learned today? How will you remember its meaning?

2. If you were to design your own Science Fair project, what would you investigate?

3. What reading strategy helped you understand the passage best today?

Reading slowly and carefully

Looking for context clues for new words

Connecting to my own experiences

Re-reading difficult parts

Visualising what was happening

4. Goal setting: Choose one new vocabulary word or sentence structure to use in your writing this week:

Science Fair Reading Comprehension

Science Fair Reading Comprehension

📖 Reading Passage

🔍 Comprehension Questions

📚 Vocabulary Activity

✏️ Grammar Focus

🤔 Reflection and Extension

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