1st grade fiction passage about patience: 86 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Sam puts three beans in a cup of dirt. He puts the cup on the sunny windowsill. He gives it some water.
The next day, Sam looks. Nothing. The day after that, he looks again. Nothing. Sam frowns. "My beans are broken," he says.
Grandpa smiles. "Plants take time," he says. "Keep giving them water and sun."
Sam waits. On the sixth day, a tiny green sprout pokes out of the dirt. Then there are two more. Sam cheers. His beans were growing the whole time.
What does Sam put in the cup? in the text
Where does Sam put the cup? in the text
What does Sam say when nothing grows right away? in the text
What does Grandpa tell Sam to keep giving the plants? in the text
On which day does Sam see a sprout? in the text
What did Sam learn about plants? 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.
Sam puts three beans in a cup of dirt. He puts the cup on the sunny windowsill. He gives it water.
The next day, Sam looks. Nothing. The day after, he looks. Nothing. Sam frowns. "My beans are broken," he says.
Grandpa smiles. "Plants take time," he says. "Give them water and sun."
Sam waits. On the sixth day, a tiny green sprout comes up. Then two more. Sam cheers. His beans were growing the whole time.
Sam puts three beans in a cup of dirt. He puts the cup on the sunny windowsill. He gives it some water.
The next day, Sam looks. Nothing. The day after that, he looks again. Nothing. Sam frowns. "My beans are broken," he says.
Grandpa smiles. "Plants take time," he says. "Keep giving them water and sun."
Sam waits. On the sixth day, a tiny green sprout pokes out of the dirt. Then there are two more. Sam cheers. His beans were growing the whole time.
Sam places three beans in a cup of dirt. He sets the cup on the sunny windowsill and gives it some water.
The next day, Sam peeks at the cup, but nothing has happened. The day after that, he looks again and still sees nothing. Sam frowns. "My beans must be broken," he says.
Grandpa smiles gently. "Plants need time," he says. "Just keep giving them water and sunshine."
Sam waits patiently. On the sixth day, a tiny green sprout pokes out of the dirt, and soon two more appear. Sam cheers, because his beans had been growing the whole time.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 86 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.4. 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. 5 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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