1st grade nonfiction passage about how a baby kangaroo grows: 94 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A baby kangaroo is called a joey. When a joey is born, it is very tiny. It has no fur. It cannot see yet.
The tiny joey climbs up its mother's tummy. It crawls into her pouch. The pouch is a warm pocket of skin. Inside, the joey drinks milk and grows.
After many months, the joey pokes its head out. It looks at the world. Soon it hops out for a short time and hops back in. At last the joey is big enough to stay out. It hops along beside its mother.
What is a baby kangaroo called? in the text
Where does the tiny joey climb? in the text
What does the joey drink in the pouch? in the text
What does the joey do after many months? in the text
Why is the pouch a good place for a tiny joey? think about it
The same topic and facts written three ways, so a mixed class can read and talk about one text. Each group’s sheet shows only a shape; the key says which is which.
A baby kangaroo is a joey. At birth, it is very tiny. It has no fur. It cannot see yet.
The tiny joey climbs up its mother's tummy. It crawls into her pouch. The pouch is a warm pocket. The joey drinks milk and grows.
After many months, the joey peeks out. Soon it hops out and back in. At last, it is big enough to stay out. It hops by its mother.
A baby kangaroo is called a joey. When a joey is born, it is very tiny. It has no fur. It cannot see yet.
The tiny joey climbs up its mother's tummy. It crawls into her pouch. The pouch is a warm pocket of skin. Inside, the joey drinks milk and grows.
After many months, the joey pokes its head out. It looks at the world. Soon it hops out for a short time and hops back in. At last the joey is big enough to stay out. It hops along beside its mother.
A baby kangaroo is called a joey. When a joey is born, it is extremely tiny. It has no fur, and it cannot see yet.
The tiny joey climbs up its mother's tummy and crawls into her pouch, which is a warm pocket of skin. Inside the pouch, the joey drinks milk and grows.
After many months, the joey pokes its head out and gazes at the world. Before long, it hops out for a short time and then hops back in. Eventually the joey is big enough to stay outside, and it hops along beside its mother.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 94 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.3. That is a formula's estimate from sentence length and syllables, and it is not a Lexile or a guided reading level, so check it against your students.
There are five. 4 ask for something the text says directly and 1 ask the reader to work something out from clues. Each has an answer in the key, and the answers are written as a teacher would accept them, not as the only possible wording.
About 1 minute read aloud at 100 words a minute. For a one-minute fluency check, paste it into the fluency timer and use the word count.
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