Note-Taking Strategies Worksheet
A worksheet for 3rd graders to practice and understand basic note-taking strategies for reading comprehension.
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Note-Taking Strategies
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Read the instructions carefully for each section. This worksheet will help you practice different ways to take notes while you read.
Read the short passage below about pandas. You will use it to practice your note-taking skills.
Giant pandas are amazing animals that live in the mountains of China. They are known for their black and white fur. Pandas mostly eat bamboo, which is a type of plant. They spend almost all day eating! Baby pandas are born very small and helpless. Their mothers take very good care of them. Sadly, there are not many pandas left in the world, so we need to protect them.
1. Pandas live in the of China.
2. Their fur is and .
3. Pandas mostly eat .
4. Baby pandas are born very .
5. What is the main idea of the passage about pandas? Write one sentence.
6. Why is it important to protect pandas?
Because they eat bamboo.
Because their fur is black and white.
Because there are not many pandas left.
Because they live in China.
7. Pandas spend only a little time eating bamboo.
True
False
8. Imagine you are telling a friend about pandas. Write two important facts you learned from the passage.