Apple Picking Day: Grade 1 Reading Passage

About this worksheet

Noah's family picks shiny red apples at an orchard in the fall and bakes an apple pie at home. A free printable 1st grade short story (71 words) with multiple-choice when/how questions, events to number in order and a box to draw in. Answer key on page 2. First graders can read it on their own and ask for help only with the trickier words.

On this sheet

In the fall, Noah and his family went to an apple orchard. The trees were full of shiny red apples. Noah was too short to reach the top branches, so Dad lifted him up. Noah picked the biggest apple he could find. His little sister picked apples off the ground. Soon their basket was full. At home, Mom and Noah made an apple pie. The whole house smelled sweet and warm.

Tips for using it

• Before reading, look at the picture and the title together and guess what the passage will be about.
• Ask your child to underline the sentence in the passage that proves each answer.
• Talk about the story afterwards: what was the problem, how was it solved, and what would your child have done?

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.