Science Reading Comprehension: Life Cycles of Organisms (Fillable PDF)
ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Science, Life Sciences, Biology, Common Core, Animals, Human Body
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Reading Passages on Life Cycles of Organisms for Life Science (Biology)
Snapshot
Genre: Nonfiction
Subject: Life Science
Primary Topic: Life cycles, reproduction, and heredity in organisms
Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): L
What This Teaches Best
It clearly explains that living things go through life cycles and compares plant and animal life cycles.
It teaches the sequence of a flowering plant’s life cycle, including germination, seedling, adult plant, pollination, and seed development.
It compares flowering plants and conifers by leaves, pollination, seed structures, and life span.
It introduces heredity by distinguishing characteristics, traits, inherited traits, and learned traits.
Learning Goals
Students will identify common stages in plant and animal life cycles.
Students will compare a flowering plant life cycle with a conifer life cycle.
Students will explain how fertilization is part of animal development.
Students will distinguish between inherited traits and learned traits.
Students will use examples from the text to describe how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
Part 2 - Life Cycles of Organisms
Reading Passage 1: The Life Cycle of Plants
Reading Passage 2: The Life Cycle of Animals
Reading Passage 3: Heredity
FILLABLE PDF VERSION
Worksheet-style pages, but with type-in answer boxes so students can complete and save their work digitally.
Other versions are available in the links list below or in the full catalog.
FULL CATALOG OF DOWNLOAD LINKS HERE
Grade 3/4 Links:
Physical Science Part 1 - Properties of Objects and Materials
Physical Science Part 2 - Position and Motion of Objects
Physical Science Part 3 - Light, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism
Life Science Part 1 - Characteristics of Organisms
Life Science Part 2 - Life Cycles of Organisms
Life Science Part 3 - Organisms and Environments
Earth Science Part 1 - Properties of Earth Materials
Earth Science Part 2 - Changes in the Earth and Sky
Earth Science Part 3 - Objects in the Sky
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