Meet the Octopus: Grade 2 Reading Comprehension

The octopus is a mollusk. It lives in oceans around the world, from shallow reefs to the deep sea. This place is deep and salty.

The octopus eats crabs, shrimp and clams. It squeezes its soft, boneless body through tiny cracks to hide.

The octopus has eight arms covered in suckers. These grip rocks and pry open shells. It is about from a few centimeters to several meters across, depending on the kind.

Baby octopus are called hatchlings. A mother octopus guards her eggs for weeks and does not leave them, even to eat.

Questions

Details Where does the octopus live?
fields and meadows across North America oceans around the world, from shallow reefs to the deep sea the warm, wet rainforests of Central America deserts and dry scrubland in the southwestern United States and Mexico
Details Which of these does the octopus eat?
willow twigs insects succulent leaves crabs
Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the octopus use eight arms covered in suckers?
They grip rocks and pry open shells. They let it grab and tear its prey. It helps it blend in with the leaves. They help it grip smooth tree trunks.
Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?
how its body helps it what it eats why some animals are in danger where the animal sleeps
Vocabulary Baby octopus are called…
pups fry tadpoles hatchlings
Inference What word best describes where the octopus lives?
wide and open freezing cold deep and salty hot and dry
Main idea What is this passage mostly about?
the life of the fennec fox the life of the red-eyed tree frog the life of the camel the life of the octopus

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