1st grade nonfiction passage about kinds of rocks: 97 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Rocks are all around us. Some are big, and some are small. You can sort them by how they look.
Look at the size. A boulder is as big as a car. A pebble is small enough to fit in your hand.
Feel the rock. Some rocks are smooth. Rocks in a river often feel smooth because water rubs them for a long time. Other rocks are rough and bumpy.
Look at the color. Rocks can be gray, white, black, red, or brown. Some have stripes or sparkly spots.
Sorting rocks is a fun way to learn.
What are two ways to sort rocks? in the text
How big is a boulder? in the text
Why are rocks in a river often smooth? think about it
What are some colors rocks can be? in the text
What are some other things you might see on a rock? in the text
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.
Rocks are all around us. Some are big. Some are small. You can sort rocks by how they look.
Look at the size. A boulder is as big as a car. A pebble fits in your hand.
Feel the rock. Some are smooth. Rocks in a river feel smooth. Water rubs them for a long time. Other rocks are rough and bumpy.
Look at the color. Rocks can be gray, white, black, red, or brown. Some have stripes or sparkly spots.
Sorting rocks is fun.
Rocks are all around us. Some are big, and some are small. You can sort them by how they look.
Look at the size. A boulder is as big as a car. A pebble is small enough to fit in your hand.
Feel the rock. Some rocks are smooth. Rocks in a river often feel smooth because water rubs them for a long time. Other rocks are rough and bumpy.
Look at the color. Rocks can be gray, white, black, red, or brown. Some have stripes or sparkly spots.
Sorting rocks is a fun way to learn.
Rocks are found nearly everywhere around us. Some of them are enormous, and some are tiny. One good way to learn about rocks is to sort them by how they look and feel.
Begin with the size. A boulder can be as big as a car, while a pebble is small enough to rest in the palm of your hand.
Next, feel the surface. Some rocks are very smooth. Rocks in a river often feel that way because moving water rubs against them for a long time. Other rocks are rough and bumpy.
Then look at the color. Rocks may be gray, white, black, red, or brown. A few have stripes or sparkly spots.
Sorting rocks is a fun and careful way to learn.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 97 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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