Organelles – Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Do your students glaze over during reading time?
Struggling with vocabulary retention?
Noticing shorter and shorter attention spans year after year?

If you’re nodding “yes” to any of these, this organelles reading is here to save the day!

 

Reading comprehension doesn’t have to be boring or overwhelming—and it doesn’t belong only in the ELA classroom! Every teacher can support literacy with the right tools (and a little bit of fun!). Just model, read together, annotate, and let those meaningful discussions begin!

 

I created this line of reading resources to make your life easier and your students more confident readers.

 

Each passage is:

• ✔️ Clear and engaging
• ✔️ Written at a grade 6–8 reading level
• ✔️ Paired with thoughtful, rigorous questions that ask students to predict, reflect, connect, and think critically

 

Whether you’re using it for pre-reading, homework, review, or to support absent students—this resource has the flexibility you need to fit your teaching style.

 

Let’s get those students reading, writing, and building vocabulary—without all the prep stress!

 

Topics covered in this Organelle Reading Worksheet include:

• a short paragraph on each organelle with a picture
• a graphic organizer

 

Who is this resource for?

This resource can be used by classroom teachers, tutors, and parents of students in grades 6-9. It comprehensively covers the mentioned topics, and includes several comprehension and extension questions that will lock in learning.

 

How Can I Use this Organelle Reading Worksheet?

• Emergency sub plans
• Flipped classroom pre-reading
• Whole/small group modeling of close reading
• Independent workstations or homework
• Extension activities for early finishers
• Choice boards
• Interactive notebooks (mini-booklet or annotation style)
• Reteaching for students needing extra support
• Make-up work for absent students

 

What’s Included?

• PDF file (ready to print!)
• Audio version
• Google Slides version for digital assignment
• Plain text Google Doc (easy to translate)
• Editable PPT/Keynote version
• Answer Key

 

Everything you need is just a click away. After purchase, download the main PDF and access all linked digital resources on page 2.

 

Please look at the preview file to see more of this resource.

 

What’s Next?

If you enjoy this resource, consider checking out some of my other guided readings! Or submit a request for a topic you’d like to see in a future product.

 

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NGSS Standards covered by this Organelle Reading Worksheet:

MS-LS1-1 Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. Emphasis is on developing evidence that living things are made of cells, distinguishing between living and non-living cells, and understanding that living things may be made of one cell or many and varied cells.

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. Emphasis is on the cell functioning as a whole system and the primary role of identified parts of the cell, specifically the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, cell membrane, and cell wall. Assessment of organelle structure/function relationships is limited to the cell wall and cell membrane. Assessment of the function of the other organelles is limited to their relationship to the whole cell. Assessment does not include the biochemical function of cells or cell parts.