1st grade nonfiction passage about the first ice skates: 91 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Long ago, winters were very cold. Rivers and lakes turned to ice. People wanted to cross the ice fast.
Some people had a clever idea. They took the bones of animals. They tied the bones under their shoes. The bones were smooth and flat. Whoosh! The people could slide across the ice.
Later, people made skates with thin blades of metal. They cut into the ice and went even faster. Now many kids wear skates to play on the ice. It all began with a bone and a bit of string.
What did people tie under their shoes? in the text
Why did people want to cross the ice? in the text
What did later skates have? in the text
What did the bones feel like? in the text
Why were bones a good thing to use? 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.
Long ago, it got cold. Lakes turned to ice. People wanted to go fast on the ice.
Some people had an idea. They tied bones from animals to their shoes. The bones were flat and smooth. Whoosh! They slid on the ice.
Later, people made skates with thin metal blades. Those went even faster. It began with a bone and a bit of string.
Long ago, winters were very cold. Rivers and lakes turned to ice. People wanted to cross the ice fast.
Some people had a clever idea. They took the bones of animals. They tied the bones under their shoes. The bones were smooth and flat. Whoosh! The people could slide across the ice.
Later, people made skates with thin blades of metal. They cut into the ice and went even faster. Now many kids wear skates to play on the ice. It all began with a bone and a bit of string.
Long ago, the winters in some places were bitterly cold, and the rivers and lakes froze solid. People wanted to travel across the ice as quickly as they could.
Some of them came up with a clever idea. They gathered the bones of animals and tied them securely beneath their shoes. The bones were smooth and flat, so the people could glide across the ice with a whoosh.
In time, people made skates that had thin blades of metal. The blades cut into the ice and carried them even faster. Many children now wear skates to play on the ice, and it all began with a bone and a bit of string.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 91 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 2.2. 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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