1st grade nonfiction passage about sharing tools in a town: 91 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Some towns have a tool library. You do not borrow books there. You borrow tools!
You might borrow a hammer. You might borrow a ladder or a shovel. A tool library lets neighbors share.
Why share? A family may need a big saw only one time. Buying it costs a lot. And then it sits in a closet. It is better to borrow it.
You must take care of a borrowed tool. You bring it back on time. Then the next neighbor can have a turn.
Sharing helps a whole town.
What do you borrow at a tool library? in the text
Which two tools might you borrow? in the text
What must you do with a borrowed tool? in the text
Why is borrowing a big saw better than buying one for one job? think about it
Why must you bring a tool back on time? 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.
Some towns have a tool library. You do not borrow books. You borrow tools!
You can borrow a hammer. You can borrow a ladder or a shovel. Neighbors share the tools.
Why share? A family may need a big saw one time. It costs a lot to buy. It would sit in a closet. It is better to borrow it.
Take care of the tool. Bring it back on time. Then the next neighbor gets a turn.
Sharing helps the town.
Some towns have a tool library. You do not borrow books there. You borrow tools!
You might borrow a hammer. You might borrow a ladder or a shovel. A tool library lets neighbors share.
Why share? A family may need a big saw only one time. Buying it costs a lot. And then it sits in a closet. It is better to borrow it.
You must take care of a borrowed tool. You bring it back on time. Then the next neighbor can have a turn.
Sharing helps a whole town.
Some towns have a special kind of library called a tool library. Instead of borrowing books, people borrow tools!
A neighbor might borrow a hammer, a ladder or a shovel. The tool library lets everyone in town share what they need.
Sharing makes good sense. A family may need a big saw only one time. Buying a saw costs a lot of money, and afterward it would just sit in a closet. Borrowing it is a much better idea.
Anyone who borrows a tool must take good care of it. The tool has to be returned on time so the next neighbor can have a turn.
Sharing helps an entire town.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 91 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.4. 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. 3 ask for something the text says directly and 2 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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