Mussels Informational Article and Comprehension Activities

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Mussels informational article that includes vocabulary cards and comprehension activities.

This Mussels Informational Article and Comprehension Activities includes an article about mussels in two formats (two-page color photos & one-page text), website resources for online articles and videos about mussels, a fact sort sheet where students can sort facts about mussels, a variety of note-taking sheets, comprehension activities, and mini-report pages.

Use these articles as a resource when researching and writing about animals. Read the article, look at a variety of web sites, and watch a couple videos to gather all our facts about the animal. Once students have the facts, sort the facts into categories and then write a research report.

This article works well with my Informational Writing Tools packet that scaffolds expository / informational writing about animals from researching facts to writing paragraphs.

See this blog post for more information about how I use this resource to teach informational writing.

Included in this Mussels resource are:

  • Vocabulary Cards with key terms from the reading passage
  • Vocabulary Activities – matching with and without photos & Frayer Model
  • Informational Article in two formats (with and without photos)
  • Websites for additional research: QR Codes & Google Site
  • Graphic Organizers for note-taking
  • Comprehension Activities such as short answer and cloze reading
  • Fact Sort for students can organize the facts
  • Summary Page
  • Writing Pages for a mini-report

Some videos are on YouTube. Make sure you can access YouTube at school.

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3 reviews for Mussels Informational Article and Comprehension Activities

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  1. 5 out of 5

    Karen B. –

    My students read about mussels in preparation for the class "adopting" four mussels for two weeks as part of a Mussels in the Classroom program.

  2. 4 out of 5

    Darlene Fox –

    My students loved learning about mussels! Some of them even brought in shells that they had found in their ponds or creeks!

  3. 3 out of 5

    Victoria S. –

    Good resource.

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