teaching resource

The Water Cycle – Reading Comprehension Worksheet

  • Updated

    Updated:  24 Oct 2023

Enhance your students’ comprehension and science vocabulary skills with this water cycle worksheet.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  3 - 4

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teaching resource

The Water Cycle – Reading Comprehension Worksheet

  • Updated

    Updated:  24 Oct 2023

Enhance your students’ comprehension and science vocabulary skills with this water cycle worksheet.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  3 - 4

Enhance your students’ comprehension and science vocabulary skills with this water cycle worksheet.

🌧️ Water Cycle Worksheet

Have your students been studying the water cycle in class? Maybe they are learning about the different stages, such as evaporation, condensation and precipitation. If you are looking for a way to intertwine reading and science, this resource will help your students strengthen their skills in both areas.

With this science worksheet, students will read an informational-based passage covering the water cycle. After reading the text, students will answer 8 questions based on the information and diagrams presented. The worksheet includes multiple-choice questions, open-ended questions and true/false questions.

An answer key is included with your download to make marking fast and easy!

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

In addition to independent student work time, use this worksheet as an activity for:

  • Guided science groups
  • Lesson warm-up
  • Lesson wrap-up
  • Fast finishers
  • Homework assignment
  • Whole-class review (via smartboard)

For students who need a bit of a challenge, encourage them to create a poster or info graphic showcasing the different stages of the water cycle base on the information given in the worksheet.

If there are students who need a bit of support, invite them to reference previous assignments, posters or anchor charts as a means of reference. Additionally, guide students to find information in the passage and use a highlighter to mark their findings.

🖨️ Easily Download & Print

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PDF or editable Google Slides version of this resource.

To save paper, we suggest printing this 2-page worksheet double-sided.

Turn this teaching resource into a sustainable activity by printing on cardboard and slipping it into a write-and-wipe sleeve. Students can record their answers with a whiteboard marker, then erase and reuse them.

Additionally, project the worksheet onto a screen and work through it as a class by having students record their answers in their notebooks.


This resource was created by Melissa Mclaren, a Teach Starter Collaborator.

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