1st grade fiction passage about a chalk game and a helpful neighbor: 85 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Pia drew a long hopscotch with pink chalk. She put a number in each box. It took all morning.
Then the rain came. Splash, splash! The pink lines ran down the sidewalk. The numbers were gone.
Pia sat on the step. She felt very sad.
Her neighbor Ben came out with a box of chalk. "I can help you draw it again," he said.
Soon the new hopscotch was done. This one had a star at the end. Pia hopped, and Ben hopped behind her.
What color chalk did Pia use? in the text
What happened to the hopscotch? in the text
Who came out to help Pia? in the text
What was at the end of the new hopscotch? in the text
How did Pia feel at the end of the story? 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.
Pia drew a hopscotch with pink chalk. She put a number in each box. It took all morning.
Then it rained. Splash! The pink lines ran down the walk. The numbers were gone.
Pia sat on the step. She felt sad.
Her neighbor Ben came out with chalk. "I can help you draw it," he said.
Soon the new hopscotch was done. It had a star at the end. Pia hopped. Ben hopped too.
Pia drew a long hopscotch with pink chalk. She put a number in each box. It took all morning.
Then the rain came. Splash, splash! The pink lines ran down the sidewalk. The numbers were gone.
Pia sat on the step. She felt very sad.
Her neighbor Ben came out with a box of chalk. "I can help you draw it again," he said.
Soon the new hopscotch was done. This one had a star at the end. Pia hopped, and Ben hopped behind her.
Pia spent the whole morning drawing a long hopscotch on the sidewalk with pink chalk. She carefully wrote a number in every box.
Then the rain arrived. Splash, splash! The pink lines melted and ran down the sidewalk, and every number disappeared.
Pia sat on the front step, feeling very sad about all her hard work.
Her neighbor Ben came outside carrying a box of chalk. "I would be glad to help you draw it again," he offered.
Before long, the new hopscotch was finished. This one had a bright star at the very end. Pia hopped along the boxes, and Ben hopped right behind her.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 85 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.1. 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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