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Making Maple Syrup
Every spring, farmers in Vermont and Canada turn tree sap into sweet syrup. It is slow work, but the result is worth it.
When Sap Runs
Maple trees store sugar in their roots over the winter. In early spring, nights are below freezing and days are above freezing. This change in temperature makes sap flow up through the tree. The sap season lasts only four to six weeks.
Tapping the Tree
Farmers drill a small hole, called a tap hole, into the trunk. They push in a metal spout. Sap drips out of the spout into a bucket or a plastic tube. A healthy tree is not harmed by a tap. The hole heals in about a year.
Photo caption: A metal spout lets sap drip into a covered bucket. The cover keeps out rain and snow.
From Sap to Syrup
Fresh sap looks like water and tastes only a little sweet. Farmers boil it in a large flat pan called an evaporator. As the water turns to steam, the sap gets thicker and sweeter. It takes many hours of boiling.
Table: How Much Sap Makes Syrup
10 gallons of sap make 1 quart of syrup.
40 gallons of sap make 1 gallon of syrup.
80 gallons of sap make 2 gallons of syrup.
Sidebar: Did You Know?
Native peoples of the Northeast made maple sugar long before Europeans arrived. They taught early settlers how to collect sap.
Glossary
evaporator: a wide, flat pan used to boil sap
sap: the watery liquid that flows inside a tree
1.
Under which heading would you read about why sap starts to flow?
- When Sap Runs
- Tapping the Tree
- From Sap to Syrup
2.
Use the table. How much sap is needed to make 1 gallon of syrup?
- 80 gallons
- 40 gallons
- 10 gallons
3.
What does the photo caption tell you that the paragraphs do not?
- The sap season lasts four to six weeks.
- Sap is boiled in a flat pan.
- The bucket's cover keeps out rain and snow.
4.
Use the glossary. What is an evaporator?
- a metal spout pushed into a tree
- a bucket that collects the sap
- a wide, flat pan used to boil sap
5.
Which fact appears only in the sidebar?
- Native peoples taught settlers to collect sap.
- A tap hole heals in about a year.
- Fresh sap tastes only a little sweet.
6.
What is the section under the heading "Tapping the Tree" mostly about?
- how farmers collect sap from a tree
- how long the sap must boil
- what words in the text mean

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About this worksheet

Text features help readers locate, compare, and interpret information that may not be fully explained in the main paragraph asks fifth graders to read closely, connect ideas across sentences, and choose evidence rather than a familiar-sounding answer. Students may skip a chart, caption, map, or log even when it carries the evidence needed to answer the question. This worksheet uses compact passages and source pairs so students must return to the words on the page before answering.

Students identify useful features, explain what a feature adds, connect features to questions, and choose evidence from charts, maps, logs, or diagrams. Support versions use more direct wording. Standard and challenge versions add closer choices, longer evidence, or a second source to compare. Ask your child to point to the line, feature, or reason that proves the answer. If a choice sounds reasonable but cannot be proved from the text, it is not the best reading answer.

What your child will learn

Identify text features
Use maps and charts
Explain feature purpose
Connect features to evidence

Common Core standard: RI.5.5

Worked example

A data table is useful for showing how temperature changed over time because it displays exact numbers.

Common mistake

Reading only the paragraph and ignoring the feature named in the question.

Helpful hint

Ask what the feature shows that the paragraph alone may not show.

Next skill: Evaluate Reasons and Evidence Earlier: Synonyms, Antonyms, and Analogies

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with use text features?

Reading only the paragraph and ignoring the feature named in the question.

How can I help my child with use text features?

Ask what the feature shows that the paragraph alone may not show.

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