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What the Diagram Adds is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on saying what a diagram shows that the words do not, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.6. 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.

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What the Diagram Adds

RI.1.6

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How Seeds Travel

A seed cannot grow in its parent's shadow. There is not enough light. So seeds have to move away. Some seeds have wings. A sycamore seed spins like a tiny helicopter and lands far from the tree. Some seeds hook onto fur. A burr catches on a passing fox and drops off somewhere new. Some seeds sit inside fruit. A bird eats the fruit and the seed comes out later, miles away.

  1. 1. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
  2. 2. Why did the author write this text?
2.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. 1. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
  2. 2. Why did the author write this text?

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Answer key — What the Diagram Adds

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A spinning sycamore seed, a burr on fur, and a seed inside a fruit. 2. To explain the different ways seeds move away from their parent plant.
  2. 2.1. A flat beam bridge and a curved arch bridge side by side. 2. To explain how bridges hold up weight.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.1.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.