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 4 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.
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?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Owls
Owls hunt at night. Their eyes are very large, so they can see when there is almost no light.
An owl's feathers have soft edges. This makes their wings quiet. A mouse cannot hear an owl coming.
Owls cannot move their eyes from side to side. Instead, they turn their whole head. An owl can turn its head much further than you can.
1. What is the main idea of this text?
2. What would a diagram of an owl need to label?
LessonPrint · RI.1.7 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Illustrations and Key Ideas
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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.
2.1. Owls have special body parts that help them hunt at night. 2. Its large eyes and its soft-edged feathers.
More practice for RI.1.7
Use the pictures and details together to explain the main ideas.