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.
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.
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.
Darlene Fox –
My students loved learning about mussels! Some of them even brought in shells that they had found in their ponds or creeks!
Victoria S. –
Good resource.