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Why Hot Air Balloons Rise

Read an article about hot air balloons and find comparison, cause and effect, and sequence links between sentences and paragraphs.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.3.8

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students identify comparison, cause and effect, and sequence connections in an article.
Students use signal words to explain how sentences and paragraphs are linked.
Students match causes to their effects using details from the text.

How to use

Read the article aloud once, then let students answer on their own. Ask them to circle signal words such as because, first and different as they read.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.3.8

Describe the logical connection between sentences and paragraphs in a text, such as comparison, cause and effect, or sequence.

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Why Hot Air Balloons Rise

Find how sentences and paragraphs connect.

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Why Hot Air Balloons Rise

1A hot air balloon is a giant bag filled with warm air. A basket hangs underneath, and people ride in it high above the ground. A balloon is very different from an airplane. An airplane has wings that lift it, but a balloon has no wings at all.

2Why does a balloon rise? The answer is heat. A burner shoots a bright flame into the balloon and warms the air inside. Warm air is lighter than the cooler air outside the balloon. Because the air inside is lighter, the whole balloon floats upward.

3A launch happens in steps. First, the crew spreads the balloon on the ground, and a big fan fills it with cool air. Next, the pilot turns on the burner to heat the air. Then the balloon swells and slowly stands up. Last, the basket lifts off the ground and the flight begins.

4A pilot cannot steer a balloon the way a driver steers a car. Instead, the pilot changes how high the balloon flies. This works because wind often blows in different directions at different heights. To rise, the pilot heats the air more. To sink, the pilot lets the air cool. As a result, the pilot can look for a wind that blows the right way.

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