1st Grade 1st Grade Reading: All About Bats (Nonfiction)
Read a short, true passage about bats and answer simple questions about the facts.
- Homework
- Centers
- Review
- Morning Work
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- Grade
- 1st Grade
- Subject
- Reading
- Skill
- Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- simple nonfiction comprehension
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 12 minutes
- Pages
- 2 (incl. answer key)
- Format
- Printable PDF (US Letter)
- Answer key
- Included
- Best for
- homework, centers, review, morning work
Worksheet details
What This Worksheet Practices
Students will find simple facts in a short informational passage and tell what it is mostly about.
- Finding facts in nonfiction
- Reading for information
- Telling what a passage is mostly about
Inside This Printable
Student directions: Read the passage. Then answer each question using the passage.
Sample questions
- Are bats birds?
- When do most bats wake up?
- What do many bats eat?
The PDF contains 4 practice questions plus 1 challenge question.
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A first true passage
Early nonfiction teaches readers to find facts in the text. This short, true passage about bats has clear facts on every line, so first graders can practice reading for information and answering from the words.
How to use it
Have your child point to the sentence that gives each fact, then talk about what was surprising. Builds toward the penguins passage.
👩🏫 Teacher note
Early nonfiction is about finding facts in the text. Have students point to the sentence that gives each answer.
🏠 Parent note
Read together and point to the words that tell each fact. Talk about what is true and surprising.
Common Mistakes to Watch For
- Answering from prior knowledge instead of the text
- Picking one fact as 'what it is mostly about'
Answer Key
Simple answers are given for each fact.
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