Science Worksheet · Grades 2–4
How Cranberries Grow Worksheet
A printable science reading passage for grades 2 to 4. Students read how cranberries grow on low vines, why the berries float, and how farmers harvest them, then answer questions about what happens and in what order.
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Subject
Science
Grades
Grades 2–4
Skill Focus
How Cranberries Grow, life science
Lesson Length
25 minutes
Learning Objective
Students will read an informational passage about how cranberries grow and are harvested and answer questions about causes and the order of events.
Lesson Overview
About this worksheet
This worksheet is an original science reading passage about how cranberries grow. It explains the low vines and the sandy bogs they grow in, how bees help the flowers become berries, and how farmers flood a bog so the berries float for the wet harvest.
Page 2 has four multiple-choice questions, one of them about the order of the steps in a wet harvest, and two questions to answer in a complete sentence, one of which asks students to explain why a flooded bog does not mean cranberries grow underwater. Page 3 is the answer key.
It pairs well with a bowl of fresh cranberries: drop a few in water and watch them float.
How to Use This Lesson
Read the passage aloud together, or have students read it on their own. In grade 2, reading it aloud works best: it uses words such as pollen, peat and booms.
Answer the multiple-choice questions in Section A.
Answer the two questions in Section B in complete sentences.
Check every answer against page 3.
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How Cranberries Grow Worksheet
A printable science reading passage for grades 2 to 4. Students read how cranberries grow on low vines, why the berries float, and how farmers harvest them, then answer questions about what happens and in what order.
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