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Ask and Answer Informational Questions

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Busy Bees
Bees visit flowers every day. They drink a sweet juice called nectar. Tiny grains of pollen stick to their legs. Bee legs are fuzzy. When a bee visits the next flower, some pollen falls off. This helps the flower make seeds. Bees are important helpers for plants. Some bees also make honey.
1.
Which question does this text answer?
- How many eyes does a bee have?
- How do bees help flowers?
- Where do bees go in winter?
2.
What do bees drink from flowers? Use the text.
- Seeds
- Honey
- Nectar
3.
Which sentence is NOT true, by this text?
- Bees live in the water.
- Some bees also make honey.
- They drink a sweet juice called nectar.
4.
What sticks to a bee's legs? Use the text.
- Nectar
- Petals
- Pollen
5.
In this text, what does "nectar" mean?
- a kind of seed
- a sweet juice in flowers
- a kind of leaf
6.
What does this text help you learn about?
- how bees help flowers
- where bees sleep at night
- what nectar is
7.
What does the pollen help the flower make? Use the text.
- Honey
- Seeds
- Leaves
8.
Which fact is in this text?
- Tiny grains of pollen stick to their legs.
- Bees live in the water.
- Pollen stops flowers from making seeds.
9.
Which title tells what you learn from this text?
- Bees Make Honey
- How Bees Help Flowers
- Insects That Fly
10.
Which question can you NOT answer with this text?
- What sticks to a bee's legs?
- How do bees help flowers?
- How many eyes does a bee have?

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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.

Next skill: Use Text Features Earlier: Poetry Rhythm and Rhyme

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.

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