1st grade nonfiction passage about thick and thin liquids: 103 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
1st gradenonfictionthick and thin liquids103 words
Why Honey Pours Slower Than Water
Tip a cup of water. Splash! It runs out fast. Now tip a spoon of honey. It does not splash. It oozes. It falls in a slow, thick ribbon.
Both water and honey are liquids. But honey is thick. It is sticky and heavy to move. We say it flows slowly.
Water is thin. It slips and slides with ease. It flows fast.
Thick liquids are all around. Think of syrup on pancakes, or glue in a bottle. They take their time.
Cold makes a thick liquid even slower. Honey from a cold shelf pours more slowly than honey in a warm kitchen.
Questions
What happens when you tip a cup of water? in the text
How does honey fall from a spoon? in the text
Are honey and water both liquids? in the text
What is one other thick liquid in the passage? in the text
Which would pour faster, honey from a cold shelf or honey from a warm kitchen? think about it
Words to know
liquid
something wet that can pour
thick
not runny, slow to pour
thin
runny, quick to pour
oozes
moves out slowly and softly
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Why Honey Pours Slower Than Water
1st grade reading passage
Tip a cup of water. Splash! It runs out fast. Now tip a spoon of honey. It does not splash. It oozes. It falls in a slow, thick ribbon.
Both water and honey are liquids. But honey is thick. It is sticky and heavy to move. We say it flows slowly.
Water is thin. It slips and slides with ease. It flows fast.
Thick liquids are all around. Think of syrup on pancakes, or glue in a bottle. They take their time.
Cold makes a thick liquid even slower. Honey from a cold shelf pours more slowly than honey in a warm kitchen.
Questions
What happens when you tip a cup of water?
How does honey fall from a spoon?
Are honey and water both liquids?
What is one other thick liquid in the passage?
Which would pour faster, honey from a cold shelf or honey from a warm kitchen?
Words to know
liquid: something wet that can pour
thick: not runny, slow to pour
thin: runny, quick to pour
oozes: moves out slowly and softly
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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 · 71 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.8
Tip a cup of water. Splash! It runs out fast. Now tip a spoon of honey. It oozes. It falls in a slow, thick line.
Water and honey are both liquids. But honey is thick. It is sticky. It flows slowly.
Water is thin. It flows fast.
Syrup and glue are thick, too. They take their time.
Cold makes a thick liquid even slower. Cold honey pours slower than warm honey.
▲ This passage · 103 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 1.1
Tip a cup of water. Splash! It runs out fast. Now tip a spoon of honey. It does not splash. It oozes. It falls in a slow, thick ribbon.
Both water and honey are liquids. But honey is thick. It is sticky and heavy to move. We say it flows slowly.
Water is thin. It slips and slides with ease. It flows fast.
Thick liquids are all around. Think of syrup on pancakes, or glue in a bottle. They take their time.
Cold makes a thick liquid even slower. Honey from a cold shelf pours more slowly than honey in a warm kitchen.
■ Harder · 114 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 3.4
Tip a cup of water, and it splashes out quickly. Now tip a spoonful of honey. It does not splash at all. Instead it oozes, and it falls in a slow, thick ribbon.
Water and honey are both liquids, yet honey is thick. It is sticky and hard to move, so we say that it flows slowly.
Water is thin, so it slips and slides with ease and flows fast.
Many thick liquids are around us every day. Syrup on pancakes and glue in a bottle both take their time to pour.
Cold makes a thick liquid even slower. Honey from a cold shelf pours much more slowly than honey in a warm kitchen.
Tip a cup of water. Splash! It runs out fast. Now tip a spoon of honey. It oozes. It falls in a slow, thick line.
Water and honey are both liquids. But honey is thick. It is sticky. It flows slowly.
Water is thin. It flows fast.
Syrup and glue are thick, too. They take their time.
Cold makes a thick liquid even slower. Cold honey pours slower than warm honey.
Questions
What happens when you tip a cup of water?
How does honey fall from a spoon?
Are honey and water both liquids?
What is one other thick liquid?
Which pours faster, cold honey or warm honey?
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Name ____________________▲
Why Honey Pours Slower Than Water
Tip a cup of water. Splash! It runs out fast. Now tip a spoon of honey. It does not splash. It oozes. It falls in a slow, thick ribbon.
Both water and honey are liquids. But honey is thick. It is sticky and heavy to move. We say it flows slowly.
Water is thin. It slips and slides with ease. It flows fast.
Thick liquids are all around. Think of syrup on pancakes, or glue in a bottle. They take their time.
Cold makes a thick liquid even slower. Honey from a cold shelf pours more slowly than honey in a warm kitchen.
Questions
What happens when you tip a cup of water?
How does honey fall from a spoon?
Are honey and water both liquids?
What is one other thick liquid in the passage?
Which would pour faster, honey from a cold shelf or honey from a warm kitchen?
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Name ____________________■
Why Honey Pours Slower Than Water
Tip a cup of water, and it splashes out quickly. Now tip a spoonful of honey. It does not splash at all. Instead it oozes, and it falls in a slow, thick ribbon.
Water and honey are both liquids, yet honey is thick. It is sticky and hard to move, so we say that it flows slowly.
Water is thin, so it slips and slides with ease and flows fast.
Many thick liquids are around us every day. Syrup on pancakes and glue in a bottle both take their time to pour.
Cold makes a thick liquid even slower. Honey from a cold shelf pours much more slowly than honey in a warm kitchen.
Questions
What happens when you tip a cup of water?
How does honey fall from a spoonful?
Why do we say that honey flows slowly?
Which thick liquids does the passage name besides honey?
Which pours faster, honey from a cold shelf or honey in a warm kitchen? Why?
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Answer key: Why Honey Pours Slower Than Water
● Easier (Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.8)
It runs out fast.
In a slow, thick line.
Yes, both are liquids.
Syrup or glue.
Warm honey, because cold makes it slower.
▲ This passage (Flesch-Kincaid grade 1.1)
It runs out fast.
In a slow, thick ribbon.
Yes, both are liquids.
Syrup or glue.
Honey from a warm kitchen, because cold makes it slower.
■ Harder (Flesch-Kincaid grade 3.4)
It splashes out quickly.
It oozes in a slow, thick ribbon.
It is thick, sticky and hard to move.
Syrup and glue.
Honey in a warm kitchen, because cold makes a thick liquid even slower.
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Ideas for class
Before reading, put liquid, thick, thin and oozes 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.
What reading level is "Why Honey Pours Slower Than Water"?
It was written for 1st grade. It has 103 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.1. 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 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.
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.
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