1st grade nonfiction passage about pine trees and oak trees: 86 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Many trees lose their leaves in the fall. An oak tree is one of them. Its leaves turn brown and drop to the ground. In winter, the oak looks bare.
A pine tree is different. It does not have flat leaves. It has thin, sharp needles. The needles stay on the tree all year, so a pine stays green in winter.
A pine tree also makes cones. Seeds hide inside the cones. An oak makes acorns instead. Both trees give shade and a home for birds.
What happens to an oak tree's leaves in the fall? in the text
What does a pine tree have instead of flat leaves? in the text
Where do the seeds of a pine tree hide? in the text
What does an oak make instead of cones? in the text
Why does a pine tree stay green in winter? 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.
Many trees lose their leaves in the fall. An oak tree does. Its leaves turn brown and fall down. In winter, the oak is bare.
A pine tree is not the same. It has thin needles, not flat leaves. The needles stay on all year. A pine stays green in winter.
A pine makes cones. Seeds hide in the cones. An oak makes acorns. Both trees give shade and homes for birds.
Many trees lose their leaves in the fall. An oak tree is one of them. Its leaves turn brown and drop to the ground. In winter, the oak looks bare.
A pine tree is different. It does not have flat leaves. It has thin, sharp needles. The needles stay on the tree all year, so a pine stays green in winter.
A pine tree also makes cones. Seeds hide inside the cones. An oak makes acorns instead. Both trees give shade and a home for birds.
Many kinds of trees lose their leaves when autumn comes. An oak tree is one of them. Its leaves turn brown and drift down to the ground, and in winter the oak looks bare.
A pine tree is quite different. Instead of flat leaves, it has thin, sharp needles. The needles stay on the branches all year long, which is why a pine tree stays green even in the middle of winter.
A pine tree also grows cones, and the seeds hide safely inside them. An oak tree makes acorns instead. Both kinds of trees give shade and make a good home for birds.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 86 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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