Pablo Plants a Seed: Grade 1 Reading Passage

About this worksheet

Pablo plants a bean seed in a cup by the window, waits through days of nothing, and watches it sprout and grow. A free printable 1st grade short story (73 words) with multiple-choice what/where 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 spring, Pablo planted a bean seed in a cup of soil. He put the cup by a sunny window and gave it a little water every day. For a few days, nothing happened. Pablo was worried. Then one morning, a tiny green sprout popped up! Soon it had two leaves. By summer, the bean plant was taller than Pablo's hand. "Look, Grandma!" he said.

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. Free for personal, family and classroom use.