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A Quilt Is a Blanket Made of Patches

1st grade nonfiction passage about quilts and patchwork: 98 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.

1st grade nonfiction quilts and patchwork 98 words

A Quilt Is a Blanket Made of Patches

A quilt is a warm blanket with a pretty top. The top is made of small cloth squares, called patches. The patches are sewn together to make a pattern.

A quilter picks the patches with care. Some are red. Some have dots or stripes. Old scraps of cloth can be used, so nothing goes to waste.

Under the top is a soft, thick layer. It keeps you warm. A back piece goes underneath. Then small stitches hold all three layers together.

A quilt can take many days to make. Some families keep a quilt for a long time.

Questions

  1. What is a quilt? in the text

  2. What are the small cloth squares called? in the text

  3. What can be used to make patches? in the text

  4. What holds the three layers together? in the text

  5. Why does a quilt have a soft, thick middle layer? think about it

  6. Why does nothing go to waste when a quilter uses scraps? think about it

Words to know

quilt
a blanket made of layers of cloth sewn together
patch
a small piece of cloth
scrap
a small leftover piece
stitch
one loop of thread pulled through cloth
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One passage, three levels

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.

● Easier · 65 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.9

A quilt is a warm blanket. The top is made of small cloth squares. They are called patches. The patches are sewn into a pattern.

A quilter picks patches with care. Some are red. Some have dots or stripes. Old scraps can be used. Nothing is wasted.

Under the top is a soft, thick layer. It keeps you warm. Then stitches hold the layers together.

▲ This passage · 98 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 1.6

A quilt is a warm blanket with a pretty top. The top is made of small cloth squares, called patches. The patches are sewn together to make a pattern.

A quilter picks the patches with care. Some are red. Some have dots or stripes. Old scraps of cloth can be used, so nothing goes to waste.

Under the top is a soft, thick layer. It keeps you warm. A back piece goes underneath. Then small stitches hold all three layers together.

A quilt can take many days to make. Some families keep a quilt for a long time.

■ Harder · 111 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 4.5

A quilt is a warm blanket with a beautiful top. The top is made from many small squares of cloth, called patches, which are sewn together to form a pattern.

A quilter chooses each patch with great care. Some patches are plain red, and others are covered in dots or stripes. Old scraps of cloth can be used, so nothing goes to waste.

Beneath the top lies a soft, thick layer that keeps the sleeper warm, and a back piece goes underneath that. Then rows of small stitches hold all three layers together.

A quilt can take many days to finish, and some families keep one for a very long time.

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How to use it

  1. Press Read it big (or B) to put the text on the projector, or Full screen (F) to fill the whole screen.
  2. Ask the questions one at a time and use Show answer when the class has decided. A shows or hides every answer.
  3. Print student copy for the class, or Print with answers for yourself.

Ideas for class

  • Before reading, put quilt, patch, scrap and stitch on the board with their meanings from the Words to know section and have students predict what the text will be about.
  • Read it aloud once while students follow along, then have them reread it alone or with a partner. At a calm 100 words a minute it takes about 1 minute to read aloud.
  • Use the Read it big button (or B) to put the text on the projector, and Show answer on one question at a time so the class commits to an answer first.
  • Question 5 asks the reader to infer. Ask students to point to the words in the passage that led them to their answer.
  • Ask students to write one question the passage did not answer, then look for the answer in a book or on a classroom screen.
  • Print the student copy for independent work and keep the answer-key copy for yourself.

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Questions

What reading level is "A Quilt Is a Blanket Made of Patches"?

It was written for 1st grade. It has 98 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.6. 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.

What do the questions ask?

There are six. 4 ask for something the text says directly and 2 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.

How long does it take to read?

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.

Can I print it?

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.

Is this passage from a published book?

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