Illustrations and Key Ideas is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on using pictures and details together to explain the ideas, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.7. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 2 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Illustrations and Key Ideas
RI.1.7
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
How a Bridge Stands Up
A bridge has to hold its own weight and the weight of everything crossing it.
The simplest bridge is a beam: a flat piece laid across a gap. A beam bridge cannot be very long, or it sags in the middle.
An arch bridge is curved. The curve pushes the weight out to the ends, where the ground is solid. That is why arch bridges can cross wider gaps.
1. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
2. What is the main idea of this text?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
What Roots Do
Roots grow down while the stem grows up. They do two jobs.
First, roots hold the plant in the ground. A tall tree in a storm stays up because its roots spread wide under the soil.
Second, roots drink. Tiny hairs on the roots take in water from the soil. The water travels up the stem to the leaves.
A plant with damaged roots wilts, even if it is watered.
1. What would a diagram for this text need to label?
2. What is the main idea of this text?
LessonPrint · RI.1.7 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Illustrations and Key Ideas
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A flat beam bridge and a curved arch bridge side by side. 2. Different bridge shapes hold weight in different ways.
2.1. The roots under the soil, the root hairs, the stem and the leaves. 2. Roots hold a plant in the ground and take in water for it.
More practice for RI.1.7
Use the pictures and details together to explain the main ideas.