1st grade fiction passage about doing everything backwards: 95 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Mr. Bun woke up and said, "Today I will do it all backwards!"
He put his hat on his foot. He put his sock on his head. He ate dessert first, and then he ate his soup.
He said "good night" to the sun. He walked backwards to the park and bumped into a tree. Bonk!
"Hello, tree!" he said. "Are you also backwards?"
By night, Mr. Bun was tired. He said "good morning" and went to bed. "Backwards day is fun," he said, "but my hat hurts my toes!" Then he fell fast asleep.
What did Mr. Bun do with his hat? in the text
What did Mr. Bun eat first? in the text
What did he bump into? in the text
What did Mr. Bun say when he went to bed? in the text
Why did his toes hurt at the end of the day? 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.
Mr. Bun woke up. "Today I will do it all backwards!" he said.
He put his hat on his foot. He put his sock on his head. He ate dessert first. Then he ate soup.
He said "good night" to the sun. He walked backwards to the park. Bonk! He hit a tree.
"Hello, tree!" he said.
By night, he was tired. He said "good morning" and went to bed.
Mr. Bun woke up and said, "Today I will do it all backwards!"
He put his hat on his foot. He put his sock on his head. He ate dessert first, and then he ate his soup.
He said "good night" to the sun. He walked backwards to the park and bumped into a tree. Bonk!
"Hello, tree!" he said. "Are you also backwards?"
By night, Mr. Bun was tired. He said "good morning" and went to bed. "Backwards day is fun," he said, "but my hat hurts my toes!" Then he fell fast asleep.
Mr. Bun woke up one morning and announced, "Today I will do absolutely everything backwards!"
He put his hat on his foot and his sock on his head. He ate his dessert first, and only afterward did he eat his soup.
He said "good night" to the bright sun. Then he walked backwards all the way to the park and bumped right into a tree. Bonk!
"Hello, tree!" he said politely. "Are you backwards, too?"
By evening, Mr. Bun was worn out. He said "good morning" and climbed into bed. "Backwards day is great fun," he sighed, "but my hat hurts my toes!"
It was written for 1st grade. It has 95 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.4. 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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