1st grade nonfiction passage about maple syrup: 91 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A maple tree has a sweet secret. Inside the tree is a watery juice called sap. In late winter, the sap starts to flow.
People put a small tap into the tree. The sap drips out into a bucket. The tree is not hurt. It keeps on growing.
The sap is mostly water, so it needs help. People heat it in a big pan. The water goes up into the air as steam. What is left is thick, sweet maple syrup. It tastes great on warm pancakes! Many families love it.
What is the watery juice inside a maple tree called? in the text
When does the sap start to flow? in the text
Where does the sap drip into? in the text
What do people make from the sap? in the text
Why do people heat the sap in a pan? 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 maple tree has a sweet secret. Inside is a watery juice called sap. In late winter, the sap flows.
People put a tap in the tree. The sap drips into a bucket. The tree is not hurt. It keeps on growing.
The sap is mostly water. People heat it in a big pan. The water goes up as steam. What is left is sweet maple syrup. It is good on pancakes!
A maple tree has a sweet secret. Inside the tree is a watery juice called sap. In late winter, the sap starts to flow.
People put a small tap into the tree. The sap drips out into a bucket. The tree is not hurt. It keeps on growing.
The sap is mostly water, so it needs help. People heat it in a big pan. The water goes up into the air as steam. What is left is thick, sweet maple syrup. It tastes great on warm pancakes! Many families love it.
A maple tree has a sweet secret hidden inside it. A watery juice called sap moves through the tree, and in late winter the sap begins to flow more quickly.
People place a small tap into the trunk of the tree, and the sap drips out into a bucket. The tree is not harmed by this, and it keeps on growing year after year.
Because the sap is mostly water, it needs some help. People heat it in a big pan, and the water rises into the air as steam. What remains is thick, sweet maple syrup, which tastes wonderful on warm pancakes!
It was written for 1st grade. It has 91 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 2.0. 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 five. 4 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.
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