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All About Elephants

Read a short article about elephants, name its main topic, and retell key details about trunks, ears and herds.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.1.2

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1 Common Core standard
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9 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students name the main topic of a short informational text.
Students tell what a paragraph is mostly about.
Students retell key details about elephants using the text.

How to use

Read the article aloud once, then have students reread it with a partner and answer the questions, pointing to the paragraph that gives each answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.1.2

Name the main topic of a text and retell its key details.

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All About Elephants

Name the main topic and retell key details.

Read the article

Read the article. Then answer the questions.

All About Elephants

1Elephants are the biggest animals that live on land. They have thick gray skin and big ears. They also have a long nose called a trunk.

2An elephant uses its trunk in many ways. It smells things with its trunk. It picks up grass and leaves with it. It also sucks up water and squirts the water into its mouth.

3Elephants can get hot in the sun. To cool off, they flap their big ears. They may also spray water or mud on their backs.

4Elephant families live together in groups called herds. The leader is often the oldest female. A baby elephant is called a calf. The other elephants in the herd help keep the calf safe.

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