Our Moon: Grade 1 Reading Passage

About this worksheet

A first grade space passage: the moon travels around Earth, shines with sunlight and still has astronaut footprints. A free printable 1st grade nonfiction passage (62 words) with multiple-choice why questions, fill-in-the-blanks with a word bank and a box to draw in. Answer key on page 2. It matches first grade reading goals, roughly ages 6 to 7.

On this sheet

The moon is Earth's closest neighbor in space. It travels around Earth, and one trip takes about a month. The moon does not make its own light. It shines because sunlight bounces off it. There is no air on the moon, so people cannot breathe there. In 1969, astronauts walked on the moon for the first time. Their footprints are still there! Use the word bank to fill in the blanks. Word Bank: sunlight month footprints The moon shines because bounces off it. One trip around Earth takes about a ___.

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.