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Types of Soils – Comprehension Worksheets

Updated: 14 Sep 2023

Explore the properties of sand, silt, loam and clay with a set of 4 reading passages with accompanying comprehension questions.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 8 Pages
Years: 2 - 3

Curriculum

VC2E3LY07

Read different types of texts using phonic, semantic and grammatical knowledge to read accurately and fluently for meaning, re-reading and self-correcting when required <ul> <li>using phonic knowledge, word knowledge, vocabulary and grammatical knowledge to read unknown words</li> <li>reading a wider range of texts from different learning areas, including chapter books and informative texts</li> </ul>
VC2E3LY10

Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to analyse texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features to build literal and inferred meanings <ul> <li>making predictions about a text, drawing on knowledge of the topic, subject-specific vocabulary and experience of texts on the same topic</li> <li>identifying important ideas, events or details in texts</li> <li>learning new content from reading and listening, and asking questions to expand understanding</li> <li>comparing and contrasting how different texts present similar ideas or information</li> <li>drawing inferences, using evidence from the text and prior knowledge and experience; for example, making predictions about a character's likely actions or about the content of tabbed pages on a website</li> <li>determining the relevance of a text for a particular task</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Types of Soils – Comprehension Worksheets

Updated: 14 Sep 2023

Explore the properties of sand, silt, loam and clay with a set of 4 reading passages with accompanying comprehension questions.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 8 Pages
Years: 2 - 3

Explore the properties of sand, silt, loam and clay with a set of 4 reading passages with accompanying comprehension questions.

What Are the Four Soil Types?

When exploring soil types with your students, chances are you’ll be investigating the Big 4: sand, silt, loam and clay. Each of these soil types has specific properties and, as a result, is suited for different purposes.

This set of reading passages has been designed to explain the properties and uses of the four main soil types to students in age-appropriate language. The resource download contains the following for each soil type (sand, silt, loam, clay):

Reading passage
4 x questions (3 x multiple choice, 1 x short response)
Answer key

Multiple Applications for These Types of Soil Worksheets

In addition to independent student work time, why not use this worksheet as a:

Whole-class activity (via smartboard)
Collaborative group task
Homework activity
Summative assessment

Choose the delivery method that best suits your students and their learning needs. Some students may be perfectly capable of completing the task independently, while others may benefit from reading the passage in a small group with targeted adult support.

Download to Access These Soil Worksheets

Use the dropdown menu to access the editable Google Slides or quick-print PDF version of this resource.

As this resource contains an answer sheet, we recommend printing one copy of the entire file, then removing the student pages for photocopying.

Please consider printing these worksheets double-sided for sustainability purposes. Alternatively, project each passage onto your interactive whiteboard and work through the questions as a class for a paperless lesson!

This resource was created by Kaitlyn Blevins, a Teach Starter collaborator.

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Curriculum

VC2E3LY07

Read different types of texts using phonic, semantic and grammatical knowledge to read accurately and fluently for meaning, re-reading and self-correcting when required <ul> <li>using phonic knowledge, word knowledge, vocabulary and grammatical knowledge to read unknown words</li> <li>reading a wider range of texts from different learning areas, including chapter books and informative texts</li> </ul>
VC2E3LY10

Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to analyse texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features to build literal and inferred meanings <ul> <li>making predictions about a text, drawing on knowledge of the topic, subject-specific vocabulary and experience of texts on the same topic</li> <li>identifying important ideas, events or details in texts</li> <li>learning new content from reading and listening, and asking questions to expand understanding</li> <li>comparing and contrasting how different texts present similar ideas or information</li> <li>drawing inferences, using evidence from the text and prior knowledge and experience; for example, making predictions about a character's likely actions or about the content of tabbed pages on a website</li> <li>determining the relevance of a text for a particular task</li> </ul>

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