Reading in Science: Properties of Metals

Six short science passages that build the physical properties of metals, each targeting a different reading-comprehension skill so students never answer the same question type twice. The set moves from what a metal is, through the standard's three key properties - luster, conductivity, and malleability - to real-world uses and, finally, classifying an element as a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid. It is the reading anchor for a TEKS 6.6C metals unit.

What's Included

• 6 illustrated passage cards, each with a labeled reading skill and comprehension questions:
• 1 - What Is a Metal? (main idea) · 2 - Shiny and Solid (supporting details) · 3 - Bending and Shaping (cause & effect) · 4 - Carrying Heat and Electricity (compare & contrast) · 5 - Metals in Everyday Life (inference) · 6 - Metal, Nonmetal, or Metalloid? (draw conclusions)
• Full answer key with explanations
• 4-page letter-size PDF, no prep

How It Helps You Teach

• Covers the standard's three named properties in depth: luster, conductivity, and malleability (plus ductility, states, and uses)
• Builds RI.6.1-6.4 reading skills at the same time: main idea, details, cause/effect, compare/contrast, inference, and drawing conclusions
• Ends with a three-way classify card so students sort metals, nonmetals, and metalloids - the full 6.6C skill

Pair It With

The reading anchor of the Properties of Metals set, alongside Context Clues, Inferences, the Metal or Nonmetal sort, and Science in the News. Check out our library for the full set.

Perfect for 6th grade physical science, science reading and reading comprehension practice, science literacy, a unit review, and TEKS 6.6C / NGSS MS-PS1-3 support. Topics include: metals, luster, conductivity, malleability, ductility, and classifying metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.

Standards: TEKS 6.6C (classify metals, nonmetals, and metalloids by physical properties, including luster, conductivity, and malleability); NGSS MS-PS1-3; CCSS RI.6.1-6.4. Part of the Daily Science series by Workybooks.