Combine a chart with the words

Grade 6 Reading Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Use this

   A Saturday at the Jam Stand (article and chart): [1] Every Saturday morning, a family sets up a jam stand at the Elm Street farmers market. [2] They sell homemade peach jam in small glass jars, and each jar costs $6.

   [3] The market opens at 8 o'clock, and the family keeps the stand open until noon. [4] At the end of each hour, the family writes down how many jars have been sold.

   [5] Last week, a street band played near the stand from 10 until 11. [6] The family hoped that the lively music would attract extra shoppers to the stand.

   [7] Jars that are left at noon go home to the family kitchen. [8] The family prepares a smaller batch of peach jam the following week if many jars come back unsold.

3. 1.

   Ari wants to know how much money the jam stand made while the street band played. Which answer is right?

   • $84: 14 jars in the 9 to 10 row, each sold at the $6 price in [2].
   • $6: the price in [2], because [5] says the band played for one hour.
   • $132: 22 jars in the 10 to 11 row, each sold at the $6 price in [2].
   • $22: the 22 jars in the 10 to 11 row, the hour that [5] says the band played.
4. 2.

   Bo compares the band's hour with the hour just before it. Which statement do the words and the chart both support?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • [5] puts the band in the 10 to 11 hour, and the chart shows 11 more jars sold then than in the 11 to 12 hour.
   • [5] puts the band in the 10 to 11 hour, and the chart shows 8 more jars sold then than in the 9 to 10 hour.
   • [6] says the family hoped for extra shoppers, so the chart must show the jars sold rising in each hour after the band began.
   • [6] says the music would bring extra shoppers, and the chart shows that the band brought 22 extra jars in the 10 to 11 hour.

5. Use this

   Reading a Rain Gauge (article and chart): [1] A rain gauge is a tall, clear tube that catches rainwater so that people can measure it. [2] A gardener on Birch Lane keeps one beside the tomato plants.

   [3] Tomato plants need about 4 inches of water each month to grow well. [4] Rain counts toward that water, and the gardener uses a hose to add whatever rain does not supply.

   [5] The hose adds 1 inch of water for every 20 minutes that it runs. [6] On the last day of each month, the gardener writes down the total and then empties the gauge.

   [7] An empty gauge starts the next month at zero, so the totals never run together. [8] The gardener keeps the notes in a small notebook that hangs in the garden shed.

7. 3.

   Jun asks how many minutes the hose had to run in July so the tomato plants got 4 inches of water in all. Which answer is right?

   • 60 minutes: July's gauge held 1 inch, so 3 inches were missing, and [5] says each inch takes 20 minutes.
   • 80 minutes: [3] says the plants need 4 inches of water, and [5] says each inch takes 20 minutes.
   • 20 minutes: July's gauge held 1 inch, and [5] says an inch of water from the hose takes 20 minutes.
   • 40 minutes: June's gauge held 2 inches, so 2 inches were missing, and [5] says each inch takes 20 minutes.
8. 4.

   Kira wants to know which month needed the hose to run the longest. Which answer fits [3] and the chart?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • June: its 2 inches of rain leave a gap of 2 inches to the 4 inches in [3], the biggest gap of the four months.
   • July: its 1 inch of rain leaves a gap of 3 inches to the 4 inches in [3], the biggest gap of the four months.
   • May: the tomato plants were still small then, so [4] says the hose ran the longest in May.
   • August: its bar is the longest at 4 inches, and [3] says tomato plants need about 4 inches of water.
9. 5.

   Luz wants a note that uses [7] and the chart correctly. Which note is true?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • Because [7] says an empty gauge starts the next month at zero, the bars rising from July to August mean September will bring more than 4 inches.
   • Because [7] says an empty gauge starts the next month at zero, the 4 inches shown for August include the 1 inch from July.
   • Because [7] says an empty gauge starts the next month at zero, the 1 inch shown for July is small since the gardener emptied the gauge too soon.
   • Because [7] says an empty gauge starts the next month at zero, the 4 inches shown for August all fell in August and none carried over from July.

10. Use this

    A Morning at the Maple Street Pool (article and chart): [1] The Maple Street pool has six lanes, and each hour of the morning belongs to a different mix of activities. [2] Lanes 1 to 4 run through the deep end, while lanes 5 and 6 stay in the shallow end.

    [3] Swim lessons are held in the shallow end so that the instructor can stand in the water. [4] Children under ten may use the deep lanes only when a parent swims beside them.

    [5] Open swim means that anyone may use a lane for play instead of laps. [6] Swimmers doing laps stay on the right side of the lane and pass each other at the wall.

    [7] The pool closes at noon so that staff can test and clean the water. [8] People who arrive during that hour wait outside until the next activity begins.

12. 6.

    Milo is nine years old and wants to swim laps at 10:00. What do the article and the schedule say?

    • No parent is needed, because the 10:00 row puts lap swimming in lanes 5 and 6, which [2] places in the shallow end.
    • The child cannot swim laps, because [4] says children under ten may not use the deep lanes.
    • A parent must swim beside the child, because the 10:00 row puts lap swimming in lanes 1 to 4, in the deep end ([2]) where [4] asks for a parent.
    • No parent is needed, because the 10:00 row lists lap swimming in lanes 1 to 4 and the schedule gives no age rule.
13. 7.

    Noah wants to swim laps. At what times does the schedule offer lap swimming, and in which end of the pool?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • At 9:00 and 10:00, in lanes 1 to 4, which [2] places in the shallow end.
    • At 9:00 and 11:00, in lanes 5 and 6, where [3] says swim lessons are held.
    • At 9:00 and 11:00, in lanes 1 to 4, which [2] places in the deep end.
    • At 9:00 and 10:00, in lanes 1 to 4, which [2] places in the deep end.
14. 8.

    The 12:00 row says Closed in both columns. Pia wants the sentence that tells why. Which sentence is it?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • [2] Lanes 1 to 4 run through the deep end, while lanes 5 and 6 stay in the shallow end.
    • [5] Open swim means that anyone may use a lane for play instead of laps.
    • [7] The pool closes at noon so that staff can test and clean the water.
    • [8] People who arrive during that hour wait outside until the next activity begins.

15. Use this

    [1] A bean seed can sprout in a cup of soil on a sunny windowsill. [2] Before it is planted, the seed must soak in water for one night.

    [3] A seed soaks up water, swells and splits its coat so that the first root can push out. [4] The root grows downward to find water, while the stem grows upward toward light.

    [5] Two small leaves, called seed leaves, open first and feed the plant for a short time. [6] The true leaves grow later and make food from sunlight.

    [7] Plants in cups need water whenever the top of the soil feels dry. [8] A cup with no holes at the bottom can leave the roots sitting in water.

    CHART: One bean plant in a cup

17. 9.

    Ren wants to know how many days after the seed leaves opened the first true leaves came. Which answer fits?

    • 18 days: the chart shows the first true leaves on Day 18, and [6] says true leaves grow later.
    • 8 days: the chart shows seed leaves on Day 10 and true leaves on Day 18, and [5] and [6] name them in that order.
    • 12 days: the chart shows the root and stem on Day 6 and true leaves on Day 18, and [6] says true leaves grow later.
    • A short time: [5] says seed leaves feed the plant for a short time, and [6] says true leaves grow later.
18. 10.

    Tala wants the sentence that explains why the chart's Day 1 row comes before its Day 6 row. Which sentence is it?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • [8] A cup with no holes at the bottom can leave the roots sitting in water.
    • [4] The root grows downward to find water, while the stem grows upward toward light.
    • [5] Two small leaves, called seed leaves, open first and feed the plant for a short time.
    • [3] A seed soaks up water, swells and splits its coat so that the first root can push out.