Journey of a Sandwich Reading

5th Grade ScienceDigestive System6 pages

About this worksheet

A five-paragraph passage about a turkey and cheese sandwich anchors this 6-page 5th grade science reading. It follows the bite through teeth and saliva, the epiglottis, the esophagus, a stomach that holds food for about 2 to 4 hours, juices from the liver and pancreas, villi in the small intestine and water absorbed in the large intestine. Ten questions follow, including a True or False table that asks for proof from the text and a diagram to label. Pages 5 and 6 are the answer key.

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Journey of a Sandwich Reading: Digestive System - page 1
Journey of a Sandwich Reading: Digestive System - page 2
Journey of a Sandwich Reading: Digestive System - page 3
Journey of a Sandwich Reading: Digestive System - page 4
Journey of a Sandwich Reading: Digestive System - page 5
Journey of a Sandwich Reading: Digestive System - page 6

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Curriculum objectives covered

RI.5.1

“Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.”

Items 7 and 8 ask for evidence from paragraph 2 and a copied phrase to prove each True or False answer, and item 10 needs two facts.

RI.5.4

“Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a relevant grade 5 topic or subject area.”

Item 6 asks what churn means in the passage and which clue in the paragraph shows it.

What's inside this worksheet

The Journey of a Sandwich

The passage in a shaded box, with the organ names and key terms in bold. A photo of the sandwich sits beside the first paragraph.

Retrieve the Facts

Four multiple choice questions (what works in the mouth, how long food stays in the stomach, which organs send juices, what the large intestine does) and one short answer on how nutrients reach the blood.

Read Between the Lines

A vocabulary question on the word churn, a question on why the epiglottis matters, and a table of two statements where students write True or False and copy a phrase as proof.

Trace and Evaluate

A six-point body diagram and a word bank. Students draw arrows along the path, name each numbered part, then write an opinion about the most important organ using two facts.

Answers

Model answers for all ten items, quotations that prove the two True or False statements, and a sample opinion answer for item 10.

How teachers use it

Bold words first

Before anyone reads the questions, ask students to number the bold organ names in the order they appear. That list becomes the path they trace on page 4.

Proof in the text

For item 8, ask students to put a finger on the sentence in paragraph 1 that shows digestion starts in the mouth. Most find saliva within a few seconds.

Split the sheet

Use pages 1 and 2 as a reading check on one day. Keep the opinion question and the diagram for a second day when students have time to think.

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