1st grade nonfiction passage about potato printing: 86 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
You can make art with a potato. It is called a potato print.
A grown-up cuts a potato in half. Then the grown-up cuts a shape into the flat side, like a star. The star part sticks up.
Now you can print. Press the star into a plate of paint. Press it down on paper. Lift it up. There is a star! Press again and again. You get a whole sky of stars.
You can wash the potato stamp and use it once more.
What do you use to make a potato print? in the text
Who cuts the potato? in the text
What shape is cut into the flat side? in the text
What do you press the stamp into first? in the text
Why does the star part stick up? think about it
How can you get a whole sky of stars? 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.
You can make art with a potato. It is called a potato print.
A grown-up cuts a potato in half. The grown-up cuts a star in the flat side. The star sticks up.
Press the star in paint. Press it on paper. Lift it up. A star! Do it again and again. You get a sky of stars.
You can make art with a potato. It is called a potato print.
A grown-up cuts a potato in half. Then the grown-up cuts a shape into the flat side, like a star. The star part sticks up.
Now you can print. Press the star into a plate of paint. Press it down on paper. Lift it up. There is a star! Press again and again. You get a whole sky of stars.
You can wash the potato stamp and use it once more.
You can create real art with nothing more than a potato. This kind of art is called a potato print.
First, a grown-up slices the potato in half. Then the grown-up carves a shape, such as a star, into the flat side, so that the star part sticks up from the rest of the potato.
Next, press the star into a plate of paint. Then press it firmly onto a sheet of paper and lift it away. A bright star appears! Keep pressing and you will soon have a whole sky of stars.
When you finish, wash the potato stamp, and you can use it once more.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 86 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.7. 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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