What the Diagram Adds is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on saying what a diagram shows that the words do not, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.6. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
What the Diagram Adds
RI.1.6
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
How a Bridge Stands Up
A bridge has to hold its own weight and the weight of everything crossing it.
The simplest bridge is a beam: a flat piece laid across a gap. A beam bridge cannot be very long, or it sags in the middle.
An arch bridge is curved. The curve pushes the weight out to the ends, where the ground is solid. That is why arch bridges can cross wider gaps.
1. Why did the author write this text?
2. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
How Milk Gets to the Shop
A dairy cow is milked twice a day, in the morning and the evening.
The milk goes straight into a cold tank. Cold milk keeps fresh much longer than warm milk.
A tanker takes the milk to a dairy. There it is heated for a few seconds to kill germs, then cooled again fast. This is called pasteurising.
Last, the milk is poured into bottles and driven to the shop.
1. Why did the author write this text?
2. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
LessonPrint · RI.1.6 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Diagram Adds
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. To explain how bridges hold up weight. 2. A flat beam bridge and a curved arch bridge side by side.
2.1. To explain how milk gets from a cow to a shop. 2. The cow, the cold tank, the tanker, the dairy and the bottles.
Questions about What the Diagram Adds
What does the What the Diagram Adds worksheet cover?
It practises saying what a diagram shows that the words do not — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RI.1.6: Say which facts came from the picture and which came from the words. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What the Diagram Adds practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.6 — RI.1.6, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What the Diagram Adds is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RI.1.6, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What the Diagram Adds come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of What the Diagram Adds can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is What the Diagram Adds free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What the Diagram Adds, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RI.1.6
Say which facts came from the picture and which came from the words.