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Unit 4 · The Sky · NCERT Class 3 Santoor

Chandrayaan

A true piece about India’s journey to the Moon. We only name the piece — every example here is our own — and use it to learn how to read non-fiction: finding facts and the main idea, learning new words, and asking questions. Tap each idea to begin.

👥 3 topics⏱ ~12 min📝 8-question quiz
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Reading for facts

Non-fiction tells us true things. Tap each idea to see how to read it well.

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The three big ideas

  • Non-fiction — writing about real things, giving true facts.
  • A fact — something true that can be checked: the Moon goes around the Earth.
  • Different from a story — a story can be made up; non-fiction is real.
  • Main idea — what the whole piece is mostly about: a journey to the Moon.
  • Details — the smaller facts that tell us more about the main idea.
  • The title helps — a non-fiction title often points straight to the main idea.

Main idea or detail? “This piece is about a Moon mission” · “The spacecraft has a small rover”.

The first is the main idea (what it is mostly about); the second is a detail (a smaller fact).

  • New words — non-fiction often brings new words like spacecraft, rover, mission. Find out what they mean.
  • Ask questions — good readers ask who? what? why? how? as they read.
  • It helps you learn — questions make you think and remember the facts better.
Tip: do not skip a new word. Use the words around it, or ask someone, to work out its meaning. That is how your word bank grows.

Where you'll meet it

Reading to learn

Reading about science and space

Finding the main idea and details helps you understand any non-fiction — about animals, space, or how things work.

Looking things up

When you meet a new word, learning to find its meaning makes you a stronger, more curious reader.

Asking good questions

Asking why and how about what you read — at school or at home — helps you learn far more than just reading the words.

Check yourself

Skill quiz

Eight quick questions that check the skill — reading non-fiction for facts, finding the main idea, and asking questions — not just remembering the piece.

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Skill practice with our own original examples. The piece “Chandrayaan” (NCERT Santoor, Class 3) is referenced by name only, never reproduced.

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