New York State Elementary Test Prep- ELA 4- Grade 3 Homonyms

Did You Know?

Charts can also help to compare information.

Look at the chart below. What does the chart tell you?

PLANETS
Moons	1	none
Length of Day	24 Earth hours	59 Earth Days
Length of Year	365 1/4 days	88 Earth Days
Surface	Mostly water	Rocky with many craters

What two things does this chart compare?

Notice how easy it is to compare facts when you use a chart.

How many moons does the Earth have?

How many moons does Mercury have?

Wasn't it easy to find the information?

Let's Practice!

Carefully look at each chart below. Choose 2 sentences that best tell what information you learned from each chart.

	Rain Forest	Desert
Rainfall	Rains daily	Very little rain
Temperature	Very Hot	Very Hot
Vegetation	Lots of thick, green plants	Very few plants

This chart compares the desert and the rain forest.
It rains more in the rain forest than in the desert.

Animals are very happy to live in the rain forest.

Mammals Reptiles

Covering Covered with hair Covered in scales

Young Born alive Hatch from eggs

Breathing Use lungs to
breathe air Use lungs to breathe air

Both mammals and reptiles use lungs to breathe in air.
This chart compares animals that live in the desert.
This chart compares mammals and reptiles.

Seeds	Day 1	Day 5	Day 10	Day 15
Group 1	0	1/2 in.	1 1/4 in.	2 in.
Group 2	0	1/2 in.	1 3/8 in.	2 1/4 in.
Group 3	0	7/8 in.	1 1/2 in.	2 1/4 in.
Group 4	0	3/4 in.	1 5/8 in.	2 1/2 in.

The seeds in group 4 grew the longest.

This chart compares the growth of different groups of seeds.

Every seed grew 1 inch on the first day.

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