1st grade nonfiction passage about how to use a ruler: 83 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A ruler has little lines and numbers. The numbers help us measure how long something is. Here is how to use one.
First, put the pencil on the table. Next, line up one end of the pencil with the zero. The zero is where counting begins.
Then look at the other end of the pencil. Find the number it touches. That number tells how long the pencil is. If it touches the 7, the pencil is 7 inches long. A friend can check it too.
What do the numbers on a ruler help us do? in the text
Where should you line up one end of the pencil? in the text
What do you look at after you line up the pencil? in the text
How long is the pencil if its end touches the 7? in the text
Why do you start at zero and not at the edge of the ruler? 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 ruler has lines and numbers. The numbers help us measure how long a thing is. Here is how.
Put the pencil on the table. Line up one end with the zero on the ruler. Zero is where counting begins.
Look at the other end of the pencil. Find the number it touches. That is how long the pencil is. If it touches the 7, the pencil is 7 inches long.
A ruler has little lines and numbers. The numbers help us measure how long something is. Here is how to use one.
First, put the pencil on the table. Next, line up one end of the pencil with the zero. The zero is where counting begins.
Then look at the other end of the pencil. Find the number it touches. That number tells how long the pencil is. If it touches the 7, the pencil is 7 inches long. A friend can check it too.
A ruler is covered with tiny lines and numbers, and those numbers help us measure how long something is. Here is a careful way to use one.
First, lay the pencil flat on the table. Next, line up one end of the pencil with the zero on the ruler, because zero is the place where counting begins.
Then look closely at the other end of the pencil and find the number it touches. That number tells you the length of the pencil. If the end touches the 7, then the pencil is 7 inches long, and a friend can check your work too.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 83 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 2.4. 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 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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