1st grade nonfiction passage about how a mole lives underground: 97 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A mole spends most of its life under the ground. It has a long, soft nose and tiny eyes. It does not need to see much in the dark.
A mole has big front paws. They are wide, like little shovels. The mole pushes the dirt aside and digs a tunnel. It is a fast digger.
The tunnels are a home. They are also a place to find food. Worms fall into the tunnels, and the mole eats them. When a mole makes a lot of tunnels, you may see small hills of dirt on the grass.
Where does a mole spend most of its life? in the text
What do a mole's front paws look like? in the text
What does a mole eat? in the text
What may you see on the grass when a mole digs? in the text
Why do tiny eyes not hurt a mole? 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 mole lives under the ground. It has a soft nose and tiny eyes. It does not need to see much in the dark.
A mole has big front paws. They are wide, like shovels. The mole digs a tunnel and pushes the dirt aside.
The tunnels are a home. They are also a place to find food. Worms fall in, and the mole eats them. You may see small hills of dirt on the grass.
A mole spends most of its life under the ground. It has a long, soft nose and tiny eyes. It does not need to see much in the dark.
A mole has big front paws. They are wide, like little shovels. The mole pushes the dirt aside and digs a tunnel. It is a fast digger.
The tunnels are a home. They are also a place to find food. Worms fall into the tunnels, and the mole eats them. When a mole makes a lot of tunnels, you may see small hills of dirt on the grass.
A mole spends nearly all of its life beneath the ground. It has a long, soft nose and very small eyes, because it does not need to see much in the darkness.
Its big front paws are wide and flat, much like little shovels. The mole pushes the dirt aside and digs a tunnel, and it is a remarkably fast digger.
The tunnels serve as a home and as a place to find food. Worms fall into the tunnels, and the mole eats them. When a mole digs many tunnels, you may notice small hills of dirt on the grass above.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 97 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.8. 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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