The Farmer
Maple Trees
Maple Farming
Fact or Opinion
Drawing Conlusions
100
Where does the Farmer live?
Vermont
100
What is another name for a maple orchard?
A sugar bush
100
What is it called with the sap is collected?
The sap is tapped
100
"The farmer owns the sugar bush and lives there with his family in an old white farmhouse." Page 3
fact
100
What conclusion did the farmer draw on page 5 paragraph 1?
The temperature will drop below freezing.
200
How long is the sugaring season for the farmer?
five weeks
200
How old are the maple trees in the sugar bush?
At least 100 years old
200
What does the farmer use to boil sap?
An evaporator
200
"Most of the visiting children are timid." page 10
opinion
200
On page 5, the farmer draws a conclusion. Name one fact or detail from the story used to draw this conclusion.
It is mid-February. It is winter. The glass is etched with Frost.
300
How do the farmer and his family celebrate their first batch of maple syrup?
They pour hot maple syrup over the snow to make a chewy taffy.
300
What two countries in North America do sugaring maples grow in for commercial maple sugar production?
The United States and Canada
300
What does the farmer do after drilling into the tree trunks and checking the taps?
He hangs a metal bucket from each tap.
300
"The cholorophyll uses the Sun's energy to miz carbon dioxide with water coming up from the roots." Page 15
fact
300
What information from the story would support the conclusion, " Maple trees are tall and wide."
Each tree is about 85 feet tall. Each Trunk is about 5 feet around. Their trunks are so wide that it is almost impossible to stretch your armls around them!
400
What does the farmer use maple logs for in November?
He burns them in the fireplace on cold nights.
400
What causes the leaves on a maple tree to show off their red and orange colors?
The disappearance of chlorophyll
400
What month did the farmer start tapping trees?
February
400
"Sugar maples and black maples make an especially sweet sap." Page 6
opinion
400
What conclusions can you draw about the importance of photosynthesis?
Possible Answer: Photosynthesis is important to plants, animals and people. There are other possible answers.
500
What question does the farmer ask to children who visit the farm that makes them behave timidly?
The farmer asks the children if they would like to carry a bucket of sap to the sugarhouse.
500
What is the process called that produces food for the tree and causes the maple tree to release oxygen into the air?
photosynthesis
500
How many gallons of sap does it take to make one gallon of high quallity maple syrup?
sixty gallons
500
"We make this syrup into tasty maple candy and maple sugar cookies." Page 6
Fact and Opinion
500
What conclusion can you draw about how hard the farmer works? Support your answer with 2 supporting details.
Many possible answers.
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