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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.

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

LessonPrint · RI.1.6 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Diagram Adds

Set 8. 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. To explain how honey is made. 2. The bee at a flower, the hive, the wax cell, and the sealed honey.

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