Lobsters Reading Comprehension Passage - Cored Ed Encyclopedia

This lobsters reading comprehension contains the following:

Visualize on the Cover (Teacher Read Aloud Script)

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. Includes summary writting question.

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: Lobsters

• Genre: Nonfiction (informational text) with a short sensory “visualize” opener

• Subject: Life Science (Animals) / Reading (Informational Text)

• Primary Topic: Lobster body parts, molting, habitat, and life cycle

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

What This Lesson Teaches Best

• Basic lobster classification and habitat: lobsters are crustaceans, related to crabs and shrimp, living on the ocean floor in crevices or burrows.

• How lobster body parts help them survive: two different “job” claws, antennae with sensors, eyes on stalks, and a strong tail that can flick to shoot backward.

• Molting as a growth process: a lobster’s exoskeleton can’t stretch, so it molts, leaving it soft and unprotected until the new shell hardens.

• Day vs. night behavior: hiding among rocks during the day and crawling out at night to hunt or scavenge.

• Early life stages: females carry thousands of eggs on their swimmerets, and tiny hatchlings float near the surface at first.

Learning Goals

• Identify what kind of animal a lobster is and where it lives, using text evidence.

• Describe the two different claws and explain what each one does.

• Explain why lobsters molt and what happens to the lobster during and after molting.

• Compare what lobsters do during the day versus at night, based on the passage.

• Describe one way lobsters move or escape danger using their tail.

• Describe how baby lobsters begin life and what females do with eggs.

Key Vocabulary From the Text

• crustacean — an animal with a hard outer shell.

• crevice — a narrow crack or small opening in rock.

• exoskeleton — a hard outer shell that protects the body.

• molt — shed an old outer covering so a new one grows.

• scavenge — search for and eat leftover or dead food.

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