Year 3 Mid Term Reading Assessment

What will the needle of a compass always point towards? Click one box.

• Planet Earth

• The South Pole

• A swing

• The North Pole

How are the needle on a compass and the planet Earth the same?

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When did sailors first start using the compass to find their way?

a) What is the purpose of this text? Tick one box.

• To tell a story

• To give instructions of how to make something

• To give information about what something is

• To explain how something works

b) Under which heading would you look to find out how to make the compass?

Look at the sentence: First, stroke one end of the magnet along the needle about 30 times.

What does the word ‘stroke’ tell you about how to move the magnet?

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Which two metal objects do you need to make a compass?

Suggest a word (fronted adverbial) you could put at the beginning of the final instruction.

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I made a compass and put it on my desk. My friend made a compass and put it on his desk 100cm away.

My compass would point north.

Where would my friend’s compass point?

• North

• South

• East

• Towards the other compass

Which of these parts of the text come first?

• How To Make A Compass

• Explanation of how compasses work

• How to test that a compass works

• Information about the history of the compass