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Jellyfish Drift Along

Read a short article about jellyfish and use clues in the text to work out what words like tentacles, drift and glow mean.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.1.4

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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 ask and answer questions to work out the meaning of words in a text.
Students use clues in an article to tell what words and phrases mean.
Students find the sentence that explains a new word.

How to use

Read the article aloud and stop at each new word to ask, "What could this mean?" Then let students answer the questions on their own and share their question about the word sting.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.1.4

Ask and answer questions to work out the meaning of words and phrases in a text.

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Jellyfish Drift Along

Ask and answer questions about new words.

Read the article

Read the article. Look for clues that tell what new words mean.

Jellyfish Drift Along

1Most jellyfish live in the ocean. But a jellyfish is not a fish! It has no bones. Its body is soft and squishy, like jelly.

2The top part of a jellyfish is called the bell. Long, thin parts called tentacles hang down from the bell. Many jellyfish use their tentacles to sting and catch small animals to eat.

3A jellyfish can squeeze its bell to push itself along. But most of the time, it drifts. To drift means to float wherever the water moves it.

4Some jellyfish can glow. They make their own light, so they shine in the dark sea.

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