1st grade nonfiction passage about rain sticks: 81 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A rain stick is a long, hollow tube. Inside are tiny pebbles or seeds. There are also little sticks that cross the tube.
Hold the rain stick up. Then tip it slowly. The pebbles fall and bump the sticks. Pitter, patter, pitter, patter! It sounds like rain.
Tip it the other way. The sound starts again. A rain stick is a fun way to make a rainy day, even when the sky is blue. Shake it softly for a light shower.
What is a rain stick? in the text
What is inside a rain stick? in the text
What do you do to make the sound? in the text
What does the sound remind you of? in the text
Why does the rain stick make a sound? think about it
What happens when you tip it the other way? 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 rain stick is a long tube. It is empty inside, but it has pebbles or seeds. It has small sticks too.
Tip the rain stick. The pebbles fall. They tap the sticks. Pitter, patter! It sounds like rain.
Tip it back. The rain starts again. It is rain with no water.
A rain stick is a long, hollow tube. Inside are tiny pebbles or seeds. There are also little sticks that cross the tube.
Hold the rain stick up. Then tip it slowly. The pebbles fall and bump the sticks. Pitter, patter, pitter, patter! It sounds like rain.
Tip it the other way. The sound starts again. A rain stick is a fun way to make a rainy day, even when the sky is blue. Shake it softly for a light shower.
A rain stick is a long, hollow tube with a surprise inside. Tiny pebbles or seeds are tucked in there, along with many little sticks that cross the tube from side to side.
When you hold the rain stick upright and tip it slowly, the pebbles tumble down. As they fall, they bump into the sticks again and again. Pitter, patter, pitter, patter! The sound is very much like falling rain.
If you turn the rain stick over, the pebbles fall the other way, and the sound begins once more. A rain stick lets you make a rainy day even when the sky is bright and blue.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 81 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.5. 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 six. 4 ask for something the text says directly and 2 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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