1st grade nonfiction passage about eating in space: 94 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Space is a tricky place to eat. Things float! A spoon can drift away. So can a crumb.
Astronauts must be careful. Some food comes in a bag with a straw. Some food is sticky, so it stays on the spoon.
Astronauts do not eat bread. Bread makes lots of crumbs. They use a flat tortilla instead. A tortilla makes very few crumbs.
Even the trays are tied down, so lunch stays put. Then the astronauts wipe up with a wet cloth. The meal is done, and it was a fun one for all.
What do things do in space? in the text
How does some food come to astronauts? in the text
What do astronauts use instead of bread? in the text
What is tied down so lunch stays put? in the text
Why do astronauts not eat bread? 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.
Eating in space is tricky. Things float! A spoon can drift away. So can a crumb.
Some food comes in a bag with a straw. Some food is sticky. It stays on the spoon.
Astronauts do not eat bread. Bread makes crumbs. They eat a flat tortilla. It makes few crumbs.
The trays are tied down too.
Space is a tricky place to eat. Things float! A spoon can drift away. So can a crumb.
Astronauts must be careful. Some food comes in a bag with a straw. Some food is sticky, so it stays on the spoon.
Astronauts do not eat bread. Bread makes lots of crumbs. They use a flat tortilla instead. A tortilla makes very few crumbs.
Even the trays are tied down, so lunch stays put. Then the astronauts wipe up with a wet cloth. The meal is done, and it was a fun one for all.
Eating in space is a tricky business, because everything floats. A spoon can drift away from your hand, and so can a single crumb.
Astronauts have to be very careful. Some of their food is packed in a bag with a straw. Other food is sticky enough to stay on the spoon.
Astronauts avoid bread because it makes lots of crumbs. Instead, they use a flat tortilla, which makes very few crumbs.
Even the trays are tied down, so that lunch stays exactly where it belongs.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 94 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.1. 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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