1st grade nonfiction passage about how sand is made: 89 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Sand feels soft as it runs through your fingers. But sand began as rock.
A big rock sits near the sea. Waves hit it again and again. Wind blows on it. Rain falls on it. Over a very long time, small bits break off.
The small bits roll and bump in the water. They get smaller and smaller. After many, many years, they are tiny grains. Those grains are sand.
Next time you walk on a beach, look closely. Every grain of sand was once part of something bigger.
What did sand begin as? in the text
What hits the big rock near the sea again and again? in the text
What happens to the small bits in the water? in the text
Does sand form quickly or slowly? think about it
What was every grain of sand once part of? 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.
Sand is soft in your hand. But sand began as rock.
A big rock sits by the sea. Waves hit it. Wind blows on it. Rain falls on it. After a long time, small bits break off.
The bits roll in the water. They get smaller and smaller. After many years, they are tiny grains. Those grains are sand.
Next time you are at a beach, look close. Each grain of sand was once part of something big.
Sand feels soft as it runs through your fingers. But sand began as rock.
A big rock sits near the sea. Waves hit it again and again. Wind blows on it. Rain falls on it. Over a very long time, small bits break off.
The small bits roll and bump in the water. They get smaller and smaller. After many, many years, they are tiny grains. Those grains are sand.
Next time you walk on a beach, look closely. Every grain of sand was once part of something bigger.
Sand feels soft and light as it slips through your fingers, yet every grain of it began as part of a rock.
Picture a huge rock standing beside the sea. Waves crash against it again and again. Wind blows across it, and rain falls on it. Over a very long time, small bits slowly break off.
Those bits tumble and bump around in the moving water. They wear down until they are smaller and smaller. After many, many years, they turn into tiny grains, and those grains are what we call sand.
The next time you walk along a beach, look closely at the ground. Each grain of sand was once part of something much bigger.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 89 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 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.
Yes. Print student copy gives the passage, the questions with lines to write on, and the word meanings. Print with answers gives the same page with the answers filled in. Both are made in your browser.
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