What Is in a Pencil?: teacher key
How Pencils Are Made, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Learn what a pencil is made of and how the black part gets in the wood.
Read the book. Print this page for the key.
Questions and answers
- What is the black part of a pencil?
- Lead
- Graphite (answer)
- Ink
- What do makers cut in the wood?
- A groove (answer)
- A hat
- A door
- Where do the graphite sticks lie?
- In a cup
- In the groove (answer)
- On a desk
- What makes a pencil soft and dark?
- More wood
- More paint
- More graphite (answer)
- What is in a color pencil?
- Graphite
- Color and wax (answer)
- Rubber
Words
- graphite: soft black rock
- groove: cut in wood
- slick: very slippery