1st grade nonfiction passage about how a drinking straw works: 104 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Put a straw in a cup of juice. The juice does not climb up by itself. You have to sip.
When you sip, you pull the air out of the straw. Now the straw has less air in it. But there is still air all around the cup. That air pushes down on the top of the juice. The push sends the juice up the straw and into your mouth.
A straw needs to be a whole tube. If it has a big hole near the top, air sneaks in. Then it is hard to get a drink. A good straw has no holes.
What do you have to do to bring up the juice? in the text
What do you pull out of the straw when you sip? in the text
What pushes down on the juice in the cup? in the text
Where does the juice go when it is pushed? in the text
Why is it hard to drink through a straw with a hole in it? 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 straw is in a cup of juice. The juice does not climb up by itself. You must sip.
When you sip, you pull air out of the straw. But air is all around the cup. The air pushes down on the juice. The push sends the juice up the straw. It goes into your mouth.
A straw must have no holes. If it has a hole, air gets in. Then it is hard to get a drink.
Put a straw in a cup of juice. The juice does not climb up by itself. You have to sip.
When you sip, you pull the air out of the straw. Now the straw has less air in it. But there is still air all around the cup. That air pushes down on the top of the juice. The push sends the juice up the straw and into your mouth.
A straw needs to be a whole tube. If it has a big hole near the top, air sneaks in. Then it is hard to get a drink. A good straw has no holes.
Imagine a straw standing in a cup of juice. The juice does not climb up the straw by itself, so you have to sip.
When you sip, you draw the air out of the straw, which leaves less air inside it. However, there is still plenty of air all around the cup, and that air presses down on the top of the juice. This push sends the juice up the straw and straight into your mouth.
A straw has to be a complete tube for this to work. If it has a big hole near the top, air sneaks in through the hole, and it becomes hard to get a drink. A good straw has no holes at all.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 104 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.4. 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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