Read Grade-Level Informational Texts - 1st Grade Reading

  1. How is ice different from water you can pour?
    Answer: Ice is hard and solid The text says ice is hard and solid. Steam is the gas, and ice is cold, not warm.
  2. What does the brain do?
    Answer: It helps us think The text says the brain helps us think. Pumping blood is the heart's job and breathing is the lungs' job.
  3. What do the lungs do?
    Answer: They help us breathe The text says the lungs help us breathe. Pumping blood is the heart's job and thinking is the brain's job.
  4. What happens when water gets very hot?
    Answer: It becomes steam The text says very hot water becomes steam. Ice comes from cold water, hard and solid describes ice, and melting is what warm ice does.
  5. Why are leaves important to the plant?
    Answer: They use sunlight to make food The text says leaves use sunlight to make food. Taking in water is the roots' job and holding the plant up is the stem's job.
  6. What is wind, based on the text?
    Answer: Air that is moving The text says wind is moving air. Rain, hot days, and clouds are other parts of weather, not wind.
  7. Which animal lives in water?
    Answer: Fish The text says fish live in water. Birds live in nests in trees and rabbits live in burrows underground.
  8. What do plants need to grow?
    Answer: Water, sunlight, and air Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow, just as the text says. Only soil, only water, and toys and games are not what the text lists.
  9. What happens when ice gets warm?
    Answer: It melts into water The text says warm ice melts into water. Steam comes from very hot water, not warming ice, clouds are not in the text, and warming does not make ice colder.
  10. Based on the text, where would you find a rabbit?
    Answer: In a burrow underground The text says rabbits live in burrows underground. Nests are for birds, water is for fish, and the text does not say rabbits live in grass.
  11. What do we call a place where people live and work together?
    Answer: A community The text says a community is a place where people live and work together. One house, a school subject, and a game do not match what the text describes.
  12. What do stores give us in a community?
    Answer: Food The text says stores give us food. Weather and music are not what the text says stores give.
  13. What do fish have that helps them live in water?
    Answer: Fins and gills The text says fish live in water and have fins and gills. Wings and feathers belong to birds, and long ears belong to rabbits.
  14. What happens when clouds get heavy?
    Answer: Rain falls The text says rain falls when clouds get heavy. The text does not say snow falls or that wind starts when clouds are heavy.
  15. What makes the days feel warm?
    Answer: The sun The text says the sun makes warm days. Clouds hold water drops and wind is moving air, so they are not what makes days warm.
  16. What do the leaves use to make food?
    Answer: Sunlight The text says leaves use sunlight to make food. Rocks and wind are not what the leaves use.
  17. What does the word habitat mean?
    Answer: A place an animal lives A habitat is a place where an animal lives, like water for fish or a nest for birds. 'A game animals play' does not match what the text says a habitat is. 'A kind of food' is not what the word habitat means in the text. 'A color animals like' also does not match the meaning given in the text.
  18. What is the text mostly about?
    Answer: Different forms of water The text tells about ice, water, and steam, so it is mostly about the different forms of water. Freezing steps, rising steam, and how ice feels are not what the whole text explains.
  19. What can water change into?
    Answer: Ice or steam The text says cold water turns into ice and very hot water becomes steam, so water can change into ice or steam. Rocks, sand, wind, and clouds are not in the text.
  20. What are clouds made of?
    Answer: Tiny water drops The text says clouds are made of tiny water drops. Snow and sun rays are not what the text says clouds are made of.

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