Free Position, Distance, and Motion – Science Reading Comprehension

Free Position, Distance, and Motion – Science Reading Comprehension
Explore position, distance, motion and speed with this printable science reading comprehension resource. Students use everyday examples to understand how objects move, then read grid coordinates to locate faces and find Miami on a map. The resource includes comprehension questions, spelling practice and an answer key, with a teacher lesson plan to guide instruction.

What’s Included

• A two-page nonfiction passage introducing position, distance, motion, speed and coordinates.

• Nine multiple-choice questions covering reading comprehension, vocabulary in context and grid reading.

• An illustrated grid and a map for practising letter-and-number coordinates.

• Five spelling questions with clues and multiple-choice answers.

• An answer key with references to the passage for selected questions.

• A teacher lesson plan to guide students through the reading and activities.

Skills Covered

• Explaining how a change in position shows that an object has moved.

• Understanding how distance and time relate to speed.

• Identifying horizontal and vertical lines and using coordinates to locate objects.

• Finding details in a science passage and working out word meanings from context.

Ways to Use

Read the passage together and model how to locate one face on the grid. Then have students use the same approach to find Miami on the map before completing the comprehension and spelling questions independently.