1st grade fiction passage about practicing a game: 100 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
At the school fair, Bea saw a game with a hole in a wooden board. You had to toss a bean bag through it.
Bea went first. The bag hit the grass. She went again. The bag hit the board and bounced off.
"Throw it slow and easy," said a tall girl in line. "Look at the hole, not at your feet."
Bea took a deep breath. She stared at the hole. She swung her arm up, not too hard.
Plop! The bag slid right through. Bea won a tiny rubber duck. She gave the tall girl a high five.
What did you toss through the hole? in the text
Where was the game? in the text
What prize did Bea win? in the text
What did the tall girl tell Bea to look at? in the text
Why did Bea give the tall girl a high five? 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.
At the school fair, Bea saw a game. A board had a hole. You toss a bean bag through it.
Bea went first. The bag hit the grass. She went again. The bag hit the board and bounced.
"Throw it slow," said a tall girl. "Look at the hole."
Bea took a deep breath. She looked at the hole. She swung her arm up, not too hard.
Plop! The bag went through. Bea won a tiny duck. She gave the girl a high five.
At the school fair, Bea saw a game with a hole in a wooden board. You had to toss a bean bag through it.
Bea went first. The bag hit the grass. She went again. The bag hit the board and bounced off.
"Throw it slow and easy," said a tall girl in line. "Look at the hole, not at your feet."
Bea took a deep breath. She stared at the hole. She swung her arm up, not too hard.
Plop! The bag slid right through. Bea won a tiny rubber duck. She gave the tall girl a high five.
At the school fair, Bea noticed a game with a round hole cut into a wooden board. Players had to toss a bean bag through the hole to win.
Bea went first, and her bag landed in the grass. She went again, and this time the bag struck the board and bounced away.
"Throw it slow and easy," suggested a tall girl waiting in line. "Keep your eyes on the hole instead of your feet."
Bea took a deep breath and stared hard at the hole. Then she swung her arm up, not too hard.
Plop! The bag slid right through. Bea won a tiny rubber duck, and she gave the tall girl a high five.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 100 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about below 1. 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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