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A Lobster's Shell and Claws

Grade 1 informational text about lobsters. Students use three described pictures and text details to tell how a lobster's body helps it.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.1.7

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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, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use details in pictures to describe a lobster's body.
Students use pictures and text details together to tell how a lobster lives and grows.
Students match a picture to the sentence in the text that it shows.

How to use

Read the text and the picture notes aloud. Sketch a lobster on the board if it helps, then let students answer each question using both the pictures and the words.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.1.7

Use a text's illustrations and details to describe its key ideas.

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A Lobster's Shell and Claws

Use the pictures and the words to learn how a lobster lives.

Read and look

Read the text. Then read the picture notes. They tell what each picture shows.

Lobsters

1Lobsters live in the ocean. They walk on the rocky sea floor. In the day, many lobsters hide under rocks.

2A lobster has a hard shell. The shell keeps its soft body safe.

3A lobster has two claws in front. It uses its claws to grab food. One claw is big and thick. It can crush shells. The other claw is thin. It can cut and tear.

4A lobster has two long feelers on its head. The feelers help it find its way in the dark.

5A lobster grows, but its shell does not. So the lobster climbs out of its old shell. Its new shell is soft at first. Then it gets hard.

Picture notes
Picture 1: A lobster stands on the rocky sea floor. It is greenish brown. Labels point to its hard shell, its two long feelers, its big thick claw and its thin claw.
Picture 2: A lobster crawls out of an old, empty shell. The old shell lies on the sand next to it.
Caption under Picture 2: A lobster leaves its old shell when it grows.
Picture 3: A big rock sits on the sea floor. Two long feelers and two claws stick out from under it. The rest of the lobster cannot be seen.

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