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Sugar and Beans: teacher key

How Candy Is Made, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Find out how sugar turns into lollipops and how a bean in a tree becomes chocolate.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. What is most candy made of?
    • Sugar (answer)
    • Salt
    • Sand
  2. Where do the beans grow?
    • In a pod (answer)
    • In a lake
    • In a shoe
  3. What does a lollipop do when it cools?
    • It melts
    • It gets hard (answer)
    • It flies
  4. What was chocolate for a long time?
    • A drink (answer)
    • A soup
    • A toy
  5. Why is a jelly bean shell hard?
    • It is made of sugar (answer)
    • It is made of rock
    • It is made of wood

Words

  • pulp: soft fruit part
  • syrup: thick sweet liquid
  • roasted: cooked dry