Bone Basics Reading Sheet 3rd Grade Science • Large Print
Meet Your Bones!
Name:
Date:
🦴
What is a Bone? Hard & Strong
A bone is hard. All your bones make a skeleton . Bones help you stand and keep you safe!
Two Bone Teams
Middle vs. Limbs
Team 1: Blue Middle Bones
Axial Bones
(say: AX-ee-ul)
🛡️
These bones are down your middle . They protect you inside!
💀
Skull: A bone helmet for brain.
🦴
Ribs: Bones that guard heart.
🎯 Keep you safe Center
Team 2: Orange Moving Bones
Appendicular
(ap-en-DIK-yoo-ler)
🏃
These are your arms and legs . They move you!
💪
Arms: Reach, hold, and throw.
🦵
Legs: Walk, run, and jump!
🏃 Help you move Limbs
Taking Care of Bones
🥛
Drink It
Calcium
(KAL-see-um)
Milk has calcium. It makes bones hard and strong!
🥛 🧀 Strong Bones
🩻
Look Inside
X-Ray
(bone photo)
An X-ray is a picture. It shows bones inside you.
📸 🔍 Sees Inside
🩹
Heal Fast
Cast
(hard wrap)
A hard shell. It holds a broken bone still to heal.
🩹 ✍️ Holds Still
✓
Remember:
Middle bones protect you. Arm and leg bones move you!
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Card 1 Hard Part
🦴
Bone
b - o - n - e
Picture Clue:
💪 Arm
🦵 Leg
=
🧍 Bones!
What is it?
A hard part inside you. It helps you stand up tall!
💡 Feel your elbow. That is a bone!
Card 2 Head Bone
💀
Skull
s - k - u - l - l
Picture Clue:
💀 Skull
guards
🧠 Brain
=
⛑️ Safe!
What is it?
The round bone in your head. It keeps your brain safe like a helmet.
💡 Tap your head gently. That is your skull!
Card 3: Blue Center
Axial
AX - ee - ul
Picture Clue: BLUE
💀 Head
🦴 Spine
🫁 Ribs
What is it?
The bones down your middle: head, spine, and ribs.
💡 These middle bones protect your inside organs!
Card 4: Orange Limbs
Appendicular
ap - en - DIK - yoo - ler
Picture Clue: ORANGE
💪 Arms
🦵 Legs
=
🏃 Move!
What is it?
Your arms, hands, legs, and feet. They help you move!
💡 Wave your arm or kick your leg. Those are limbs!
Blue = middle bones. Orange = moving arm and leg bones.
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Card 5 Bone Fuel
🥛
Calcium
KAL - see - um
Foods with Calcium:
🥛 Milk
🧀 Cheese
🥦 Broccoli
What is it?
Good food in milk. It makes your bones hard and strong!
💡 Drink milk to make your bones happy!
Card 6 Bone Photo
🩻
X-Ray
EKS - ray
How It Works:
📸 Camera
➔
🦴 Inside
➔
🧑⚕️ Doctor
What is it?
A photo that shows the bones inside you without touching them.
💡 Doctors look at X-rays to see if a bone hurts!
Card 7 Hard Wrap
🩹
Cast
c - a - s - t
How It Heals:
⚡ Broken
🩹 Cast
=
💪 Healed!
What is it?
A hard shell for a broken bone. It holds the bone still to heal.
💡 Friends can sign their names on your cast!
Card 8 All Bones
Skeleton
SKEL - e - tun
All Bones Together:
🔵 Middle
🟠 Limbs
=
🕺 You!
What is it?
All the bones in your body working as one team!
💡 Your skeleton grows taller every year!
Practice reading these cards with a buddy!
Skeleton Squad Worksheet 3rd Grade Science • Large Print
Skeleton Practice Sheet
Name:
Date:
1
Match: Draw a line from picture to word.
💀
Head Bone Helmet for brain
🥛
Milk Drink Makes bones strong
🩻
Bone Photo Sees inside you
🩹
Hard Shell Helps broken bones
X-Ray
Cast
Skull
Calcium
2
Sort: Write each word in the right box.
Words: 💀 Skull 💪 Arm 🦴 Ribs 🦵 Leg
Axial (Middle Bones)
BLUE
🎯 Clue: Bones down your middle line.
Appendicular (Limbs)
ORANGE
🏃 Clue: Bones that move and run.
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3rd Grade Science • Large Print
Finish the Sentences
Name:
3
Fill in the blank with a word from the box.
Word Bank: 🦴 bone 💀 skull 🥛 calcium 🩻 x-ray 🩹 cast
A hard part inside you is a .
🦴 hard
The head bone is the .
💀 head
Milk gives your bones .
🥛 milk
A photo of inside bones is an .
🩻 photo
A broken bone heals in a .
🩹 wrap
4
Label the Bones: Use the words in the box.
Words: Skull Ribs Arm Leg
💀 Head:
➔
🦴 Chest:
➔
Skeleton
⬅
💪 Top:
⬅
🦵 Bottom:
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