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1st Grade Ask and Answer Informational Questions worksheets

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Ask and Answer Informational Questions

Grade 1 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

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Circle the answer.

  1. Read this first

    Ants Work Together

    Ants live in big groups called colonies. Every ant has a job. Some ants look for food and carry it back to share. Other ants stay inside to care for the baby ants. The babies are too small to take care of themselves. Some ants guard the home from danger. Ants have six legs. The colony stays strong because every ant does its part.

  2. Which question does this text answer?

    • How do ants work together?
    • How many ants are in the world?
    • What is the biggest ant?

  3. What is a big group of ants called? Use the text.

    • A herd
    • A hive
    • A colony
    • A flock

  4. Which sentence is NOT true, by this text?

    • Ants live alone.
    • Some ants guard the home from danger.
    • Every ant has a job.
    • Other ants stay inside to care for the baby ants.

  5. What do some ants do with the food they find? Use the text.

    • Drop it in the water
    • Hide it in the sand
    • Carry it back to share
    • Eat it all alone

  6. In this text, what does "colony" mean?

    • a small hole
    • a kind of food
    • a big group of ants that live together

  7. What does this text help you learn about?

    • how ants work together
    • ants that guard the home
    • how big ants can grow
    • ants that look for food

  8. How many legs does an ant have? Use the text.

    • Six
    • Eight
    • Two
    • Four

  9. Which fact is in this text?

    • Ants never share their food.
    • Only one ant has a job.
    • Ants live alone.
    • Other ants stay inside to care for the baby ants.

  10. Which title tells what you learn from this text?

    • Insects in the Garden
    • Ants That Guard
    • How Ants Work Together

  11. Which question can you NOT answer with this text?

    • How many ants are in the world?
    • How do ants work together?
    • What is a big group of ants called?
    • What do some ants do with the food they find?
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About this worksheet

Informational reading asks children to locate facts and ask useful questions about a topic. First graders may answer from background knowledge instead of the words on the page, especially when the subject is familiar. This worksheet keeps the texts short and factual, printed once above the questions that use them, then asks students to match a question to the detail that answers it, identify another key detail, and decide which statement is not supported.

The work fills the explicit RI. 1. 1 expectation for asking and answering questions about key details in a text. Support versions use the shortest texts in the pool. Standard and challenge texts add more facts to track. Ask children to point to the words that prove the answer before choosing.

What your child will learn

  • Ask questions about nonfiction
  • Answer from text evidence
  • Find key details
  • Avoid unsupported guesses

Common Core standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1

Worked example

If a text says roots take in water, that detail answers a question about what roots do.

Common mistake

Using a true fact from memory that the text did not say.

Helpful hint

Point to the sentence that proves your answer.

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Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with ask and answer informational questions?

Using a true fact from memory that the text did not say.

How can I help my child with ask and answer informational questions?

Point to the sentence that proves your answer.

Are these 1st grade reading worksheets free to print?

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