1st grade nonfiction passage about how plants grow: 73 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A pumpkin starts as a seed. A farmer plants the seed in the warm ground in spring.
The seed grows into a long vine. The vine crawls over the ground. Big yellow flowers open on the vine.
After the flowers fade, small green pumpkins appear. They grow bigger each week. They need sun and water.
In the fall, the pumpkins turn orange. Now they are ready to pick. Some pumpkins are very heavy.
What does a pumpkin start as? in the text
When does the farmer plant the seed? in the text
What does the seed grow into? in the text
What do small pumpkins need to grow? in the text
What color are pumpkins when they are ready to pick? in the text
Why do you think a farmer picks pumpkins in the fall and not in spring? think about it
The same topic and facts written three ways, so a mixed class can read and talk about one text. Each group’s sheet shows only a shape; the key says which is which.
A pumpkin starts as a seed. A farmer plants the seed in the warm ground in spring.
The seed grows. It becomes a long vine. The vine crawls on the ground. Big yellow flowers open on it.
The flowers fade. Small green pumpkins come. They grow bigger each week. They need sun and water.
In the fall, the pumpkins turn orange. They are ready to pick. Some are very heavy.
A pumpkin starts as a seed. A farmer plants the seed in the warm ground in spring.
The seed grows into a long vine. The vine crawls over the ground. Big yellow flowers open on the vine.
After the flowers fade, small green pumpkins appear. They grow bigger each week. They need sun and water.
In the fall, the pumpkins turn orange. Now they are ready to pick. Some pumpkins are very heavy.
Every pumpkin begins as a tiny seed. In spring, a farmer plants the seed in the warm ground.
The seed grows into a long vine that crawls across the soil. Big yellow flowers open up on the vine.
After the flowers fade, small green pumpkins appear. They grow bigger with each passing week, and they need plenty of sun and water.
By the fall, the pumpkins have turned bright orange, and they are ready to be picked. Some pumpkins are extremely heavy.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 73 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.9. That is a formula's estimate from sentence length and syllables, and it is not a Lexile or a guided reading level, so check it against your students.
There are six. 5 ask for something the text says directly and 1 ask the reader to work something out from clues. Each has an answer in the key, and the answers are written as a teacher would accept them, not as the only possible wording.
About 1 minute read aloud at 100 words a minute. For a one-minute fluency check, paste it into the fluency timer and use the word count.
Yes. Print student copy gives the passage, the questions with lines to write on, and the word meanings. Print with answers gives the same page with the answers filled in. Both are made in your browser.
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