edHelper.com
 Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS!

Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS!
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 4 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   4.74

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    dander, drying, finer, membrane, sensory, stuffy, tract, definitely, mucus, linings, pollen, purpose, actually, specialist, works, nasal

Print Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS!
     Print Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS!  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format
     Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
     Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format
     Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity
     Print a proofreading activity

Feedback on Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS!
     Leave your feedback on Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS!  (use this link if you found an error in the story)

Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS!
By Joyce Furstenau 		  
1     "Quit picking your nose." Ever hear your mom say that? Why do we pick our noses? Everyone does it. Most people think it's best to do it in private. Even blowing your nose in a tissue is not done in front of others in polite company. Whether its blowing your nose or picking it, we all need to clean out our noses often.
 
2     Our nose is lined with a MUCOUS (mew-kuss) membrane. This membrane makes (what else?) mucous, which is also called PHLEGM (flem).
 
3     In the nose, mucous has two roles. Inside the nose are tiny hair-like projections called CILIA (sill-ee-uh). The nose hairs (cilia) trap dust, pollutants, bacteria, and other small particles we breathe in. The mucous acts like a sticky doormat that helps trap the finer particles before they go too far. The mucous and hairs work together like a vacuum cleaner to keep these particles from entering your lungs. The watery mucous also acts like a shower in your nose, cleaning out dead skin cells, particles, and dust. Mucous also adds moisture to the air you breathe in and keeps your nasal tissues from drying out. Blowing your nose is like emptying the vacuum bag.

Paragraphs 4 to 10:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable
Copyright © 2009 edHelper