Support your students' scientific literacy with the Cell Types NGSS Informational Text Guided Reading Comprehension Activity!

This guided reading activity makes it easy to integrate literacy and science while helping students understand the real-world issue of different cell types with an informational text titled “What is the Smallest Cell in the World?”

Designed for middle school science and NGSS-aligned classrooms, this activity gives students the opportunity to practice critical reading and comprehension skills while building science knowledge. After reading, students will respond to comprehension questions that reinforce key vocabulary, improve reading skills, and support mastery of science standards. These comprehension questions include:

⚗️What are the Characteristics and Types of Prokaryotic Cells?

⚗️What are the Characteristics and Types of Eukaryotic Cells?

⚗️What are some Similarities & Differences between Plant & Animal Cells?

This informational text addresses the following NGSS Standards:

MS.LS1.2 - Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function.

Purchase includes a PDF Packet with a 1-page Reading Passage about Cell Types, 2 pages of Short Answer Questions, a 2-page Answer Key, and a 3-page Digital Version (Google Slides).

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