Jellyfish Reading Comprehension Passage - Cored Ed Encyclopedia

This jellyfish reading comprehension contains the following:

Visualize on the Cover

Start your lesson by taking a few moments to visualize the topic and share thoughts or feelings about it.

Pre-Reading Trivia

Students will write down one thing they already know about the subject and then read five more facts and discuss. These facts are fun, and the students will enjoy learning about the subject before reading more.

Reading Passage

The text is a high-interest reading passage with set paragraphs, roughly three to four paragraphs long. It contains a variety of themes about the topic, anywhere from history to technology. The passage is between 250 and 350 words in length.

Mixed Questions

The first question page contains four multiple-choice questions, each with a choice of four answers, and three written response questions that require a sentence or two from the student.

Vocabulary Questions

Practice seven key words from the text in this section across two activities. First section is scrambled words where students will unscramble three words given a clue for each. The second section is a word to meaning matching activity.

Creative Writing

In this question, the student will be required to write a five to eight sentence paragraph on a question related to the topic.

Extension Activities

This page is optional for fast finishers or to take home. There are several activities, each one requiring a different skill. Do some, do none, do all, completely optional - but you will feel reassured knowing every possibility is planned for.

Answer Key

There are answers for the multiple-choice questions, written response questions have sample answers, vocabulary answers and if there is a summary question then a sample summary will be provided as well.

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Lesson Snapshot

• Title: Jellyfish

• Genre: Nonfiction (Informational Text)

• Subject: Life Science / Reading (Informational Text)

• Primary Topic: Jellyfish bodies, movement, stings, and life changes

• Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): N

What This Lesson Teaches Best

• Identifies what jellyfish are (not fish) and describes their watery, bell-shaped bodies.

• Explains how jellyfish move by squeezing and relaxing their bell, and sometimes squirting water.

• Describes how tentacles help jellyfish catch prey using tiny stinging cells.

• Introduces how jellyfish change forms across their lives (drifting young, attached form, then floating swimmers).

• Uses headings to organize science information and includes follow-up questions/activities tied to the passage.

Learning Goals

• Describe what a jellyfish can look like and what its main body part is called.

• Explain why a jellyfish is not a fish, using details from the text.

• Explain how a jellyfish moves through water.

• Describe what tentacles do and why people should be careful near jellyfish.

• Describe one way jellyfish change during their lives.

Key Vocabulary From the Text

• invertebrates — animals without bones.

• tentacles — long parts that can sting and catch prey.

• plankton — very small sea life that animals can eat.

• bell — the main body part shaped like an umbrella.

• blooms — groups of jellyfish gathered together.

Cored Ed Encyclopedia Overview

The Cored Ed Encyclopedia is a weekly series of lessons that you can pick up and use right away. These short readings fit into whatever time you have available. Each one includes a warm-up, a reading, and a set of questions, but it’s flexible — you can do just the reading, the full lesson, or skip the writing section if you need to. Each lesson focuses on a single topic so students don’t get lost. The writing is clear but never childish, making it perfect for grades two through five. Topics range from animals and science to history, inventions, and everyday things. No matter the level of the student, everyone should take away at least one new idea or fact from each lesson. The materials are easy to print, easy to explain, and require no setup. They work well for whole-class teaching, partner work, or independent study.