The Pencil Sandwich: teacher key

How Pencils Are Made, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Find out why pencil lead is not lead, and how a sandwich of wood makes pencils.

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 did people use to rub out marks long ago?
- Bread (answer)
- Cheese
- Sand
What are the grooves cut into?
- Boards of wood (answer)
- Sheets of tin
- Balls of clay
Why is graphite good for writing?
- It is hard and rough
- It is soft and slippery (answer)
- It is wet and sticky
What does the word cedar mean here?
- A kind of wood (answer)
- A kind of paint
- A kind of glue