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Make a Paper Pinwheel: Words and Reasons

Grade 1 vocabulary practice: read how to make a paper pinwheel, learn words like twirl and breeze, and match each step to its because reason.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.6

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use new words from a how-to text, such as twirl, breeze, corner and center.
Students tell the reason that follows the word because in a sentence.
Students decide whether a because sentence gives a reason that makes sense.

How to use

Read the how-to aloud and point to the corner and center of a paper square as you go. If you can, make one pinwheel together before students answer the questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.6

Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading, and being read to, including conjunctions such as because that signal simple relationships.

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Make a Paper Pinwheel: Words and Reasons

Learn new words from a how-to and find the reasons that because tells.

Read the how-to

How to Make a Paper Pinwheel

1Our art class made pinwheels. A pinwheel is a paper toy that spins when air moves. Here is how to make one.

2First, get a square piece of paper. Draw a big X from corner to corner.

3Next, cut along each line. Stop before you reach the center because the middle must stay in one piece.

4Then fold one point from each corner into the center.

5Ask a grown-up to push a pin through the points and into a pencil eraser. Get help because pins are sharp.

6Now hold up your pinwheel and blow. It will twirl because the moving air pushes on the folds. Outside, a soft breeze can make it twirl too.

New words

Use the how-to to learn new words.

Read paragraph 3. Which word in paragraph 3 means the same as center?

A. line
B. middle
C. piece
D. reach

Read paragraph 6. The pinwheel will twirl. What does twirl mean?

A. rip into two parts
B. fall to the ground
C. fold in half
D. spin around and around

Read paragraph 6. A soft breeze can make the pinwheel twirl. What is a breeze?

A. a gentle wind
B. a loud sound
C. a cold rain
D. a bright lamp

Write the best word from the word bank in each blank. Use each word one time.

Word bank: corner · twirl · eraser

1. The dancer can on one foot.
2. I fixed my mistake with the on my pencil.
3. Mom put the lamp in the of the room.

Because gives a reason

Some steps tell a reason. The word because comes right before the reason.

Match each sentence start to its reason from the how-to.

Stop cutting before the center because
Get a grown-up to help with the pin because
The pinwheel twirls because

A. the moving air pushes on the folds.
B. the middle must stay in one piece.
C. pins are sharp.

Read paragraph 5. Write the missing word.

Get help because pins are .

Use what you learned. Which reason makes sense?
My pinwheel did not twirl because ___.

A. the paper was bright red
B. I used a yellow pencil
C. there was no moving air

Read each sentence. Does the part after because give a reason that makes sense? Sort the sentences.

Jo used glue because she wanted the paper to stick.Max washed the brush because the sky was blue.Rosa got more paper because she ran out.Zoe used a ruler because she wanted a straight line.Ali cut the string because he likes apples.Ben put on a smock because the cat was asleep.