Flower Parts Student Passage
Informational Science Text • Grade 2–4
Target Rate: 80–110 WPM Lexile: 520L–680L
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Flower Parts
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Many people enjoy flowers in outdoor gardens and in vases in their homes. Flowers come in all colors and sizes, and many flowers smell pleasant. People buy roses for their sweet smell and beautiful color. A rose may be red and small enough to hold in your hand. A sunflower may be yellow and tower over your head. One kind of flower smells so bad, many people hold their noses when they walk by!
Flowers are not just for us to enjoy. They have a job to do. Flowers make seeds for the plant. When the seeds are released, they grow into new plants.
While there are many different kinds of flowers, they all have some parts in common. Most flowers have petals. Petals are the colorful parts we admire. Petals attract insects to the flower. Insects follow the petals to get nectar. Nectar is a rich food for the insects. The nectar is at the bottom of the petals.
When an insect lands on the petals to get nectar, it also touches the stamens. These flower parts stick up inside the flower. Their tips are usually yellow and have pollen on them. As the insect gets nectar, pollen sticks to its body. When the insect goes to another flower for more nectar, it takes the pollen with it.
Key Science Vocabulary
• nectar: sweet, rich food inside flowers
• stamens: upright flower parts making pollen
• pollen: tiny yellow grains that help make seeds
• released: let go or scattered to grow plants
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Flower Parts • Fluency Assessment
219 Total Words • 1-Minute Timed Read
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Passage Text (Circle errors) Word Count
Many people enjoy flowers in outdoor gardens and in vases in 11
their homes. Flowers come in all colors and sizes, and many 22
flowers smell pleasant. People buy roses for their sweet smell 32
and beautiful color. A rose may be red and small enough 43
to hold in your hand. A sunflower may be yellow and tower 55
over your head. One kind of flower smells so bad, many 66
people hold their noses when they walk by! 74
Flowers are not just for us to enjoy. They have a job to 87
do. Flowers make seeds for the plant. When the seeds are 98
released, they grow into new plants. 104
While there are many different kinds of flowers, they all have 115
some parts in common. Most flowers have petals. Petals are 125
the colorful parts we admire. Petals attract insects to the 135
flower. Insects follow the petals to get nectar. Nectar is a 146
rich food for the insects. The nectar is at the bottom of the 159
petals. 160
When an insect lands on the petals to get nectar, it also 172
touches the stamens. These flower parts stick up inside the 182
flower. Their tips are usually yellow and have pollen on them. 193
As the insect gets nectar, pollen sticks to its body. When 204
the insect goes to another flower for more nectar, it takes 215
the pollen with it. 219
Retell Ideas Tally & Notes Prompt: "Please tell me two or three things you learned about flowers from what you just read."
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