First Grade
Worksheets
Michael's Monkeys
National Sea Monkey Day
Reading Comprehension for May 16
Michael got a monkey for his birthday.
Well, he did not really get a monkey. He got a lot of monkeys!
Well, he did not really get a lot of monkeys. He got a lot of monkey eggs!
Well, they are not real monkey eggs. They are not like the monkeys in the zoo. They are sea monkeys.
He got a tank for them to live in. He got some food for them.
He put the eggs in the special water. Now he has to wait. They will hatch soon. Then he can watch them swim.
Michael has learned many things about sea monkeys. He wrote some for you to read.
1. Newborn sea monkeys are the size of a period at the end of a sentence.
2. Sea monkeys have three eyes when they are born.
