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How Paper Is Made

Read an informational text about how paper is made and show how its steps connect with time, sequence and cause-and-effect words.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.3.3

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students describe the order of steps in a procedure using time words.
  • Students identify causes and effects in a science text.
  • Students sort signal words for sequence and for cause and effect.

How to use

Read the text aloud once, then let students reread it and answer the questions. Encourage them to circle words like first, next, then and because as they read.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.3.3

Describe how historical events, science ideas, or steps in a procedure are related, using words about time, sequence, and cause and effect.

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How Paper Is Made

Follow the steps and causes that turn trees into paper.

Read the article

Read about how paper is made. Look for words that show time, order and cause and effect.

How Paper Is Made

1Long ago, people made paper by hand, one sheet at a time. Today, huge machines can make a long, wide sheet of paper much faster. Both ways use tiny plant fibers and water.

2Most paper today starts with trees. First, workers cut down trees and take the logs to a paper mill. Next, machines peel off the bark and chop the logs into small wood chips.

3Then the chips are mixed with water, and the machines break them apart. Soon the wood turns into a soft, wet mush called pulp.

4After that, the pulp is poured onto a moving screen. Water drains down through tiny holes, but the wood fibers stay on top. Because the fibers stick together, they form a thin, wet sheet.

5Next, big rollers squeeze the sheet to push out even more water. Then hot rollers dry it, so the paper becomes flat and smooth. Finally, the paper is wound into huge rolls. Later, it can be cut into sheets for notebooks and printers.

6Paper can also be recycled. Old paper is mixed with water to make new pulp, so mills need fewer trees.

Steps in order

Use the article to answer questions about the order of the steps.

1.
Which step comes FIRST when paper is made from trees?
  • A. Big rollers squeeze water out of the sheet.
  • B. Machines chop the logs into small wood chips.
  • C. Workers cut trees and take the logs to a mill.
  • D. Hot rollers dry the sheet until it is flat.
2.
Sort each step by when it happens.
Logs are chopped into small chipsPulp is poured onto a moving screenBig rollers squeeze out extra waterWorkers take the logs to a paper millHot rollers dry the sheetMachines peel the bark off the logs
Before the pulp is madeAfter the pulp is made
3.
Match each time-order word to the step it begins.
  1. First
  2. After that
  3. Finally
  1. A. The paper is wound into huge rolls.
  2. B. Workers cut down trees and take the logs to a mill.
  3. C. The pulp is poured onto a moving screen.
4.
Use the words in the box to show the steps in order. Write one word in each blank.
Word bank: Finally · Because · First · Then

 , workers cut down trees.  , machines turn the wood into pulp.  , the paper is wound into huge rolls.

5.
According to paragraph 5, what happens right after big rollers squeeze the sheet?
  • A. Hot rollers dry the wet sheet.
  • B. The logs are chopped into chips.
  • C. The pulp is poured onto a screen.
  • D. The paper is wound into huge rolls.

Time, cause and effect

Think about how the events and ideas in the article are connected.

6.
Read paragraph 1. Underline the sentence that tells how paper is made today.

Long ago, people made paper by hand, one sheet at a time.Today, huge machines can make a long, wide sheet of paper much faster.Both ways use tiny plant fibers and water.

7.
Match each cause to its effect.
  1. Big rollers squeeze the sheet.
  2. Old paper is mixed with water.
  3. Hot rollers dry the sheet.
  1. A. New pulp is made.
  2. B. The paper becomes flat and smooth.
  3. C. Even more water is pushed out.
8.
Read this sentence from paragraph 4: "Because the fibers stick together, they form a thin, wet sheet." Which part tells the cause?
  • A. they form a thin, wet sheet
  • B. the pulp is poured onto a screen
  • C. water drains through tiny holes
  • D. the fibers stick together
9.
Finish the cause-and-effect sentence from paragraph 6 with one word.

Old paper is mixed with water to make new pulp, so mills need   trees.

10.
Sort each word or phrase from the article by what it shows.
becauseafter thatfinallysonext
Shows the order of stepsShows a cause and its effect
11.
Tell the steps that happen after the logs arrive at the paper mill until the paper is dried. Use at least three words such as first, next, then, after that or finally.

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