1st Grade ELA Quiz: Read Grade Level Informational Texts

What this quiz covers

This quiz focuses on Read Grade Level Informational Texts, giving you a quick way to practice the rules, question types, and explanations that matter most for 1st Grade ELA.

How to use this quiz

Try each quiz question before looking at the correct answer. Use the explanations to review missed ideas, then come back to similar questions until the pattern feels familiar.

Question 1

1. They make the plant fly
2. They take in water from soil (correct answer)
3. They make loud sounds
4. They turn into clouds

Explanation: This question tests CCSS.RI.1.10: reading informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1 with prompting and support. Students must comprehend grade-level informational text by finding key details. This text is appropriately complex for 1st grade: it has a concrete topic on plants, clear structure with 6 sentences, sentence length 6-12 words, some content vocabulary like roots and leaves, and familiar concepts. The text describes plant parts and needs. Finding this detail requires locating specific information about roots. Choice B is correct because the text explicitly states 'Roots take in water from soil.' Choice A is incorrect because it describes bird wings, not roots; students choosing this may have misread or confused plant parts with animals. SUPPORT for grade-level reading: Before reading, preview topic and picture, introduce content vocabulary like roots, stem, and leaves, activate prior knowledge. During reading: Read aloud with students, point to relevant pictures, reread sections as needed, ask 'What is this about?' and 'What does it tell us?' After reading: Discuss key ideas, retell in own words, connect to prior knowledge. For this question: reread relevant sentence together. Watch for: Students who need picture support, students who decode words but don't comprehend meaning, students who use prior knowledge without checking text, students who lose track of main idea. 1st grade texts should challenge students to grow but be accessible with teacher support.

Question 2

1. A kind of food
2. A place an animal lives (correct answer)
3. A loud sound

Explanation: This asks what habitat means. The text says animals live in places called habitats. A habitat is a place where an animal lives.

Question 3

1. Candy and milk
2. Water, sunlight, and air (correct answer)
3. Only sunlight

Explanation: This asks what plants need to grow. The text says plants need water, sunlight, and air. Look for the answer that lists all three things.

Question 4

1. Only sunlight
2. Water, sunlight, and air (correct answer)
3. Rocks and sand

Explanation: This tests finding facts in text. The text says plants need water, sunlight, and air. All three things help plants grow.

Question 5

1. An animal’s home (correct answer)
2. An animal’s food
3. An animal’s toy

Explanation: This tests word meaning in text. The text says animals live in places called habitats. A habitat is an animal's home.

Question 6

1. They take in water from soil (correct answer)
2. They make the wind blow
3. They turn into clouds

Explanation: This asks what roots do for plants. The text says roots take in water from the soil. Roots are like straws that drink water for the plant.

Question 7

1. In a burrow underground (correct answer)
2. In a nest in a tree
3. In the ocean with fish

Explanation: This asks where rabbits live. The text says rabbits live in burrows underground. A burrow is a hole in the ground where rabbits make their home.

Question 8

1. Snow falls
2. Rain falls (correct answer)
3. The sun goes away

Explanation: This tests finding details in text. The text says when clouds get heavy, rain falls. Heavy clouds are full of water drops.

Question 9

1. It helps us think
2. It pumps blood (correct answer)
3. It helps us breathe

Explanation: This asks for a fact from text. The text says our heart pumps blood. That's the heart's special job.

Question 10

1. Sand, rocks, and snow
2. Only shade and wind
3. Water, sunlight, and air (correct answer)
4. Just water

Explanation: This question tests CCSS.RI.1.10: reading informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1 with prompting and support. Students must comprehend grade-level informational text by finding key details. This text is appropriately complex for 1st grade: it has a concrete topic on plants, clear structure with short sentences, 6 sentences of 6-12 words, some content vocabulary like roots and stem, and familiar concepts. The text explains basic plant parts and needs. For this question type, finding this detail requires locating specific information in the second sentence. Choice B is correct because the text explicitly states 'Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow.' Choice A is incorrect because it is too specific and incomplete, not mentioning sunlight and air; students choosing this may have misread or skipped relevant parts of the sentence. SUPPORT for grade-level reading: Before reading, preview topic and picture, introduce content vocabulary like roots, stem, and seeds, activate prior knowledge. During reading: Read aloud with students, point to relevant pictures, reread sections as needed, ask 'What is this about?' and 'What does it tell us?' After reading: Discuss key ideas, retell in own words, connect to prior knowledge. For this question: reread relevant sentence together. Watch for: Students who need picture support, students who decode words but don't comprehend meaning, students who use prior knowledge without checking text, students who lose track of main idea. 1st grade texts should challenge students to grow but be accessible with teacher support.

Question 11

1. A game animals play
2. A place an animal lives (correct answer)
3. A kind of food
4. A color animals like

Explanation: 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.

Question 12

1. The sun goes to sleep
2. Trees shake their leaves
3. The wind stops
4. Clouds get heavy (correct answer)

Explanation: This question tests CCSS.RI.1.10: reading informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1 with prompting and support. Students must comprehend grade-level informational text by finding key details. This text is appropriately complex for 1st grade: it has a concrete topic on weather, clear structure with 5 sentences, sentence length 6-12 words, some content vocabulary like clouds and wind, and familiar concepts. The text explains weather elements. Finding this detail requires locating specific information about rain. Choice A is correct because the text explicitly states 'When clouds get heavy, rain falls.' Choice C is incorrect because it is not stated in the text and uses fanciful language; students choosing this may have used prior knowledge but not checked the text or misread sentences. SUPPORT for grade-level reading: Before reading, preview topic and picture, introduce content vocabulary like clouds, rain, and wind, activate prior knowledge. During reading: Read aloud with students, point to relevant pictures, reread sections as needed, ask 'What is this about?' and 'What does it tell us?' After reading: Discuss key ideas, retell in own words, connect to prior knowledge. For this question: reread relevant sentence together. Watch for: Students who need picture support, students who decode words but don't comprehend meaning, students who use prior knowledge without checking text, students who lose track of main idea. 1st grade texts should challenge students to grow but be accessible with teacher support.

Question 13

1. The wind stops blowing.
2. Rain falls. (correct answer)
3. The clouds turn white.

Explanation: The text says that when clouds get heavy, rain falls, so that is correct. The wind stopping is not something the text connects to heavy clouds. The clouds turning white is not mentioned as something that happens when they get heavy. Heavy clouds are full of water, and that water falls as rain.

Question 14

1. Water as a gas (correct answer)
2. Water as a solid
3. Water as a rock

Explanation: This asks what a word means. The text says steam is water as a gas. Steam is hot water in the air.

Question 15

1. Air that is moving (correct answer)
2. A kind of rain
3. A hot day
4. A kind of cloud

Explanation: The text tells us that wind moves the air around us, so wind is air that is moving, making answer A correct. Rain falls when clouds get heavy, but that does not describe wind, so answer B names the wrong thing. A hot day describes what the sun makes, not wind, so answer C is incorrect. Clouds are made of tiny water drops, which is different from wind, so answer D also names the wrong thing.

Question 16

1. Only soil
2. Toys and games
3. Only water
4. Water, sunlight, and air (correct answer)

Explanation: This question tests CCSS.RI.1.10: reading informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1 with prompting and support. Students must comprehend grade-level informational text by finding key details. This text is appropriately complex for 1st grade: it has a concrete topic on plants, clear structure with short sentences of 6-12 words, some content vocabulary like roots and stem, and familiar concepts. The text explains basic plant parts and needs. Finding this detail requires locating specific information stated directly in the text. Choice A is correct because the text explicitly states 'Plants need water, sunlight, and air to grow.' Choice B is incorrect because it is too narrow and ignores sunlight and air mentioned in the text; students choosing this may have misread or skipped relevant sentences. SUPPORT for grade-level reading: Before reading, preview topic and picture, introduce content vocabulary like roots, stem, and seeds, activate prior knowledge. During reading: Read aloud with students, point to relevant pictures, reread sections as needed, ask 'What is this about?' and 'What does it tell us?' After reading: Discuss key ideas, retell in own words, connect to prior knowledge. For this question: reread relevant sentence together. Watch for: Students who need picture support, students who decode words but don't comprehend meaning, students who use prior knowledge without checking text, students who lose track of main idea. 1st grade texts should challenge students to grow but be accessible with teacher support.

Question 17

1. It pumps blood (correct answer)
2. It makes food from sunlight
3. It grows into a new plant
4. It helps us breathe

Explanation: This question tests CCSS.RI.1.10: reading informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1 with prompting and support. Students must comprehend grade-level informational text by finding key details. This text is appropriately complex for 1st grade: it has a concrete topic on body parts, clear structure with 7 sentences, sentence length 6-12 words, some content vocabulary like brain and lungs, and familiar concepts. The text explains functions of body parts. Finding this detail requires locating specific information about the heart. Choice A is correct because the text explicitly states 'Our heart pumps blood.' Choice C is incorrect because it describes leaves from plant knowledge, not related to the heart; students choosing this may have confused topics or not read carefully. SUPPORT for grade-level reading: Before reading, preview topic and picture, introduce content vocabulary like heart, lungs, and muscles, activate prior knowledge. During reading: Read aloud with students, point to relevant pictures, reread sections as needed, ask 'What is this about?' and 'What does it tell us?' After reading: Discuss key ideas, retell in own words, connect to prior knowledge. For this question: reread relevant sentence together. Watch for: Students who need picture support, students who decode words but don't comprehend meaning, students who use prior knowledge without checking text, students who lose track of main idea. 1st grade texts should challenge students to grow but be accessible with teacher support.

Question 18

1. It turns into steam
2. It stays hard forever
3. It melts into water (correct answer)
4. It disappears completely

Explanation: The text says that when ice gets warm, it melts into water, so that is correct. Ice only turns into steam when it gets very hot, not just warm. Ice does not stay hard forever, since the text says it changes. Melting ice does not disappear, it simply turns into water.

Question 19

1. Parks
2. Food
3. A community (correct answer)
4. Rainy weather

Explanation: This question tests CCSS.RI.1.10: reading informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1 with prompting and support. Students must comprehend grade-level informational text by identifying main topic. This text is appropriately complex for 1st grade: it has a concrete topic on communities, clear structure with 6 sentences, sentence length 6-12 words, some content vocabulary like neighborhoods and communities, and familiar concepts. The text describes what a community is and its parts. Finding the main topic requires reading the whole text to see every sentence relates to communities. Choice C is correct because it identifies what the entire text discusses—every sentence relates to this topic. Choice A is incorrect because it is a detail, not the main topic; students choosing this may have selected a detail thinking it's the main topic or not connected information from multiple sentences. SUPPORT for grade-level reading: Before reading, preview topic and picture, introduce content vocabulary like community, neighborhoods, and stores, activate prior knowledge. During reading: Read aloud with students, point to relevant pictures, reread sections as needed, ask 'What is this about?' and 'What does it tell us?' After reading: Discuss key ideas, retell in own words, connect to prior knowledge. For this question: help identify topic by asking 'What is every sentence about?' Watch for: Students who need picture support, students who decode words but don't comprehend meaning, students who use prior knowledge without checking text, students who lose track of main idea. 1st grade texts should challenge students to grow but be accessible with teacher support.

Question 20

1. A community (correct answer)
2. Only playground games
3. How to make dinner

Explanation: This asks what the whole text is about. The text tells about communities and how people work together. It talks about stores, schools, and parks in communities.