1st grade nonfiction passage about sign painters: 89 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A sign painter paints words by hand. Here is how she does it.
Step one: she rubs a thin line of chalk across the board. This line shows her where the words will go. Step two: she marks where each letter will start. Step three: she dips a soft brush in paint.
Now comes the hard part. She holds her hand very still. She pulls the brush down in one long stroke. She makes each letter the same size.
When the paint dries, the sign is ready to hang.
What does a sign painter paint by hand? in the text
What does she rub across the board first? in the text
What does she dip in the paint? in the text
What must she wait for before the sign can hang? in the text
Why does she draw a chalk line first? think about it
Why does she hold her hand very still? 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 sign painter paints words by hand. Here is how.
First, she rubs a line of chalk on the board. The line shows where the words go. Next, she marks where each letter starts. Then she dips a soft brush in paint.
She holds her hand still. She pulls the brush down in one long stroke. Each letter is the same size.
The paint dries. The sign is ready.
A sign painter paints words by hand. Here is how she does it.
Step one: she rubs a thin line of chalk across the board. This line shows her where the words will go. Step two: she marks where each letter will start. Step three: she dips a soft brush in paint.
Now comes the hard part. She holds her hand very still. She pulls the brush down in one long stroke. She makes each letter the same size.
When the paint dries, the sign is ready to hang.
A sign painter paints words by hand, one letter at a time. This is how she does it.
To begin, she rubs a thin line of chalk across the board, and that line shows her where the words will go. Then she marks the place where each letter will start. After that, she dips a soft brush into the paint.
Now comes the difficult part. She holds her hand very still and pulls the brush down in one long, steady stroke. She works carefully so that every letter is the same size.
When the paint has dried, the sign is ready to hang.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 89 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.2. 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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