1st grade fiction passage about a trail of stones: 100 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Omar was filling the birdbath. He found a stone under it. It had a blue dot on top. Why was it there?
He saw another stone by the fence. It had a blue dot too. Then he saw one by the shed.
Omar went from stone to stone. The last stone sat by the old oak tree. Under the oak was a small box.
Inside the box lay a note. "Made for Omar by Rosa." Under the note was a tiny birdhouse. His big sister had made it.
Omar hung it on the oak. By noon, a wren moved in.
Where did Omar find the first stone? in the text
What color was the dot on each stone? in the text
Where was the box? in the text
Who made the birdhouse? in the text
Why did Rosa put stones in a line? 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.
Omar was filling the birdbath. He found a stone under it. It had a blue dot. Why was it there?
He saw another stone by the fence. It had a blue dot too. Then he saw one by the shed.
Omar went from stone to stone. The last stone sat by the old oak. Under the oak was a small box.
In the box was a note. "Made for Omar by Rosa." There was a tiny birdhouse. His big sister made it.
Omar hung it on the oak. A wren moved in.
Omar was filling the birdbath. He found a stone under it. It had a blue dot on top. Why was it there?
He saw another stone by the fence. It had a blue dot too. Then he saw one by the shed.
Omar went from stone to stone. The last stone sat by the old oak tree. Under the oak was a small box.
Inside the box lay a note. "Made for Omar by Rosa." Under the note was a tiny birdhouse. His big sister had made it.
Omar hung it on the oak. By noon, a wren moved in.
Omar was filling the birdbath with fresh water when he noticed a smooth stone tucked underneath it. A blue dot was painted on top. Why was it there?
Then he spotted another stone near the fence, and it had a blue dot as well. A third one lay beside the shed.
Omar followed the trail from stone to stone. The last stone rested at the foot of the old oak tree, and beneath the oak sat a small wooden box.
Inside the box was a note that read, "Made for Omar by Rosa." Under the note lay a tiny birdhouse that his big sister had built.
Omar hung it on a branch of the oak. Before noon, a wren had moved in.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 100 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.5. 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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