This 3-page 1st grade science fill in the blanks sheet pairs a short passage with a plant diagram. Page 1 gives a word bank of roots, stem, leaves, flower, seeds and water, and students use each once in six numbered sentences beside a picture of a potted flower. Page 2 asks which part makes food and which makes seeds, then has students label four numbered pointer lines. The key lists all twelve answers.
“Say what roots, stem, leaves, flower and seeds do for a plant.”
Page 1 gives one job in each of six sentences, from holding the plant in place to making seeds.
“Label the flower, leaf, stem and roots on a diagram.”
Page 2, item 3 has four numbered pointer lines and a word bank.
Six numbered sentences, such as 'The ___ grow down in the dirt to hold the plant in place.' Students choose each word from the six-word bank.
Two short questions on writing lines, then a flower diagram with numbered lines to the flower, a leaf, the stem and the roots. Students write each label from the word bank.
The six passage words in order, the two question answers (leaves and flower) and the four diagram labels.
Read it first
Read the six sentences to the class and say 'blank' at each gap. Students listen for the plant part that does each job.
Cross out as you go
Tell students to cross out each word once they use it. The last blank then has one choice left, which stops guessing.
Small group
Pull a small group to read the passage with you while the rest label the diagram on page 2.
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