Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on reading a whole information text and answering across it, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.10. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
A tall building needs a wide, deep base. The base is called a foundation. It spreads the weight into the ground.
Wind pushes hard on a tall building. Inside, a strong core of concrete runs from the bottom to the top like a spine. The core stops the building bending too far.
The tallest buildings sway a little in strong wind. That is meant to happen. A building that could not bend at all would crack.
1. What do the tallest buildings do in strong wind?
2. What is the main idea of this text?
3. The author says swaying is meant to happen. What reason is given?
4. What is the base of a tall building called?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
From Flower to Jar
A honeybee visits about a hundred flowers on one trip. She sucks up nectar and stores it in a special stomach.
Back at the hive, she passes the nectar to another bee. That bee chews it for about half an hour. Then it goes into a wax cell.
The bees fan the cell with their wings. The water dries out and the nectar thickens into honey. Then the cell is sealed with wax.
1. Why do the bees fan the cell with their wings?
2. What do the bees use to seal the cell?
3. About how many flowers does a bee visit on one trip?
4. What is the main idea of this text?
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Answer key — Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. They sway a little. 2. Tall buildings stay up because of a wide foundation and a strong core, and because they can bend a little. 3. A building that could not bend at all would crack. 4. A foundation.
2.1. To dry the water out of the nectar. 2. Wax. 3. About a hundred. 4. How bees turn flower nectar into honey, step by step.
Questions about Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text
What does the Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text worksheet cover?
It practises reading a whole information text and answering across it — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RI.1.10: Read Grade 1 information texts with some help. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.10 — RI.1.10, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RI.1.10, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.1.10?
Yes — “Reading Grade 1 Information Texts” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RI.1.10, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Reading a Grade 1 Fact Text is the practice that follows it.