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Wrapping Up a Report on Octopuses

Read a report about octopuses that has no ending, choose strong concluding statements and write your own conclusion.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.3.2.d

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10 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify a concluding statement that sums up the main idea of an informative text.
Students tell apart sentences that sum up a report from sentences that add a new detail.
Students write a concluding statement and a short concluding section for a report.

How to use

Read Kai's report together and talk about what a conclusion does, then let students answer the questions and write their own endings.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.3.2.d

Write a concluding statement or section for an informative text.

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Wrapping Up a Report on Octopuses

Choose and write strong concluding statements.

Read Kai's report

Kai wrote this report for his class, but it has no ending yet. Read it carefully.

Amazing Octopuses

1Have you ever seen an octopus? An octopus is a sea animal with a soft body and eight long arms. It has no bones at all. Octopuses have some surprising ways to find food and stay safe in the ocean.

2First, an octopus uses its arms in many ways. Each arm is covered with round suckers. The suckers help the octopus hold on to rocks and grab crabs and clams to eat. Because it has no bones, an octopus can also squeeze through very small cracks and holes.

3Next, an octopus can change the color of its skin. In just a moment, it can blend in with the rocks, sand or seaweed around it. This helps it hide from animals that want to eat it. It also helps the octopus sneak up on its own food.

4Finally, an octopus has a trick for when an enemy comes too close. It squirts a cloud of dark ink into the water. The ink makes it hard for the enemy to see. While the enemy is confused, the octopus swims quickly away.

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