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?

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?

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.

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