Penguins Are Birds: Grade 1 Reading Passage
A first grade nonfiction passage about penguins: flipper wings, fast swimming, huddling and the emperor penguin dad who keeps the egg warm. A free printable 1st grade nonfiction passage (65 words) with multiple-choice what/how questions, true-or-false sentences and a box to draw in. Answer key on page 2.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 1
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
A first grade nonfiction passage about penguins: flipper wings, fast swimming, huddling and the emperor penguin dad who keeps the egg warm. A free printable 1st grade nonfiction passage (65 words) with multiple-choice what/how questions, true-or-false sentences 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.
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.
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