1st grade nonfiction passage about beekeepers: 80 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A beekeeper takes care of bees. Bees live in a box called a hive. The beekeeper opens the hive to look inside.
First, she puts on a hat with a net. The net keeps bees off her face. Then she puffs a little smoke at the hive. The smoke calms the bees.
Now she can look. She checks that the bees have food. She looks for the queen bee. Last, she shuts the hive. The bees go back to work.
What does a beekeeper take care of? in the text
What is the box where bees live called? in the text
What does the net on the hat keep off her face? in the text
What does the smoke do? in the text
Why does the beekeeper wear a hat with a net? think about it
Why does the beekeeper check for food in the hive? 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 beekeeper cares for bees. Bees live in a box. The box is a hive. The beekeeper looks inside it.
She wears a hat with a net. The net keeps bees off her face. She puffs smoke at the hive. The smoke calms the bees.
Now she looks. Do the bees have food? Where is the queen bee? Then she shuts the hive.
A beekeeper takes care of bees. Bees live in a box called a hive. The beekeeper opens the hive to look inside.
First, she puts on a hat with a net. The net keeps bees off her face. Then she puffs a little smoke at the hive. The smoke calms the bees.
Now she can look. She checks that the bees have food. She looks for the queen bee. Last, she shuts the hive. The bees go back to work.
A beekeeper is a person who takes care of bees. Bees make their home in a wooden box called a hive. When the beekeeper needs to look inside, she opens the hive very carefully.
Before she begins, she puts on a hat with a net, and the net keeps the bees away from her face. Next, she puffs a little smoke toward the hive. The smoke helps to calm the bees so they stay quiet.
Then she can look closely. She checks that the bees have enough food, and she searches for the queen bee. When she is finished, she shuts the hive, and the bees go back to their work.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 80 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 six. 4 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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