1st grade nonfiction passage about house numbers and addresses: 103 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
1st gradenonfictionhouse numbers and addresses103 words
House Numbers Help the Helpers Find You
Every house on a street has a number. The number is part of its address. An address tells where a home is.
Why do we need house numbers? Think of a mail carrier. The carrier has a letter for your house. The number shows the carrier where to stop.
Think of a fire truck. Think of a pizza driver. They all look for the numbers on the houses.
A big, clear number is best. It should be easy to see from the street. Many families put the number near the front door or on the mailbox.
Numbers help helpers find your home fast.
Questions
What is part of an address? in the text
What does an address tell us? in the text
Who looks for house numbers? in the text
Where do many families put the number? in the text
Why should a house number be big and clear? think about it
Words to know
address
the words and numbers that tell where a home is
mail carrier
a worker who brings letters to homes
clear
easy to see and read
mailbox
a box where letters are left for a family
Name ____________________________ Date ______________
House Numbers Help the Helpers Find You
1st grade reading passage
Every house on a street has a number. The number is part of its address. An address tells where a home is.
Why do we need house numbers? Think of a mail carrier. The carrier has a letter for your house. The number shows the carrier where to stop.
Think of a fire truck. Think of a pizza driver. They all look for the numbers on the houses.
A big, clear number is best. It should be easy to see from the street. Many families put the number near the front door or on the mailbox.
Numbers help helpers find your home fast.
Questions
What is part of an address?
What does an address tell us?
Who looks for house numbers?
Where do many families put the number?
Why should a house number be big and clear?
Words to know
address: the words and numbers that tell where a home is
mail carrier: a worker who brings letters to homes
clear: easy to see and read
mailbox: a box where letters are left for a family
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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.
● Easier · 84 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 1.5
Every house on a street has a number. The number is part of its address. An address tells where a home is.
We need house numbers. A mail carrier has a letter for your house. The number shows where to stop.
A fire truck looks for the number. A pizza driver looks for it too.
A big number is best. Make it easy to see from the street. Put it by the front door or on the mailbox.
Numbers help helpers find your home.
▲ This passage · 103 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 1.9
Every house on a street has a number. The number is part of its address. An address tells where a home is.
Why do we need house numbers? Think of a mail carrier. The carrier has a letter for your house. The number shows the carrier where to stop.
Think of a fire truck. Think of a pizza driver. They all look for the numbers on the houses.
A big, clear number is best. It should be easy to see from the street. Many families put the number near the front door or on the mailbox.
Numbers help helpers find your home fast.
■ Harder · 120 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 4.3
Every house on a street has its own number, and that number is part of the home's address. An address tells people exactly where a home can be found.
There are good reasons to have house numbers. Imagine a mail carrier who has a letter for your house. The number shows the carrier where to stop.
A fire truck depends on house numbers, and so does a pizza driver. They all search for the numbers on the houses as they drive down the street.
A large, clear number works best because it is easy to see from the road. Many families put the number near the front door or on the mailbox.
House numbers help helpers find your home quickly.
Every house on a street has a number. The number is part of its address. An address tells where a home is.
We need house numbers. A mail carrier has a letter for your house. The number shows where to stop.
A fire truck looks for the number. A pizza driver looks for it too.
A big number is best. Make it easy to see from the street. Put it by the front door or on the mailbox.
Numbers help helpers find your home.
Questions
What is part of an address?
What does an address tell us?
Who looks for house numbers?
Where do many families put the number?
Why should a house number be big?
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Name ____________________▲
House Numbers Help the Helpers Find You
Every house on a street has a number. The number is part of its address. An address tells where a home is.
Why do we need house numbers? Think of a mail carrier. The carrier has a letter for your house. The number shows the carrier where to stop.
Think of a fire truck. Think of a pizza driver. They all look for the numbers on the houses.
A big, clear number is best. It should be easy to see from the street. Many families put the number near the front door or on the mailbox.
Numbers help helpers find your home fast.
Questions
What is part of an address?
What does an address tell us?
Who looks for house numbers?
Where do many families put the number?
Why should a house number be big and clear?
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Name ____________________■
House Numbers Help the Helpers Find You
Every house on a street has its own number, and that number is part of the home's address. An address tells people exactly where a home can be found.
There are good reasons to have house numbers. Imagine a mail carrier who has a letter for your house. The number shows the carrier where to stop.
A fire truck depends on house numbers, and so does a pizza driver. They all search for the numbers on the houses as they drive down the street.
A large, clear number works best because it is easy to see from the road. Many families put the number near the front door or on the mailbox.
House numbers help helpers find your home quickly.
Questions
What is part of a home's address?
What does an address tell people?
Which helpers look for house numbers?
Where do many families put their house number?
Why does a house number work best when it is large and clear?
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Answer key: House Numbers Help the Helpers Find You
● Easier (Flesch-Kincaid grade 1.5)
The house number.
Where a home is.
A mail carrier, a fire truck driver and a pizza driver.
By the front door or on the mailbox.
Helpers can see it from the street.
▲ This passage (Flesch-Kincaid grade 1.9)
The house number is part of an address.
It tells where a home is.
A mail carrier, a fire truck driver and a pizza driver.
Near the front door or on the mailbox.
Helpers can see it from the street and find the home fast.
■ Harder (Flesch-Kincaid grade 4.3)
The house number.
Exactly where a home can be found.
A mail carrier, a fire truck driver and a pizza driver.
Near the front door or on the mailbox.
Helpers can see it easily from the road and find the home quickly.
Free at teach.peabody.kids
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Ideas for class
Before reading, put address, mail carrier, clear and mailbox on the board with their meanings from the Words to know section and have students predict what the text will be about.
Read it aloud once while students follow along, then have them reread it alone or with a partner. At a calm 100 words a minute it takes about 1 minute to read aloud.
Use the Read it big button (or B) to put the text on the projector, and Show answer on one question at a time so the class commits to an answer first.
Question 5 asks the reader to infer. Ask students to point to the words in the passage that led them to their answer.
Ask students to write one question the passage did not answer, then look for the answer in a book or on a classroom screen.
Print the student copy for independent work and keep the answer-key copy for yourself.
What reading level is "House Numbers Help the Helpers Find You"?
It was written for 1st grade. It has 103 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.9. 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.
What do the questions ask?
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.
How long does it take to read?
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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