The Sun Is a Star: Grade 1 Reading Passage

About this worksheet

A first grade space passage: the sun is the star closest to Earth, a giant ball of hot gas that gives us light and warmth. A free printable 1st grade nonfiction passage (75 words) with multiple-choice what/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 sun is a star. It is the star closest to Earth. The other stars look tiny because they are very, very far away. The sun is a giant ball of hot, glowing gas. It is much bigger than Earth. More than one million Earths could fit inside it! The sun gives us light and keeps us warm. Plants need sunlight to grow. Never look right at the sun, because it can hurt your eyes.

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.