1st grade fiction passage about a pretend island in the bath: 82 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
At bath time, Omar saw an island in the tub. It was made of soap bubbles. A yellow duck stood on top.
"I am Captain Quack," said the duck. "Do you want to sail?"
Omar climbed on a washcloth boat. They sailed past a bubble hill. They sailed past a shampoo bottle that was a lighthouse.
Then the water got cool. "Time to go home," said the captain. Omar pulled the plug. The island sank. Omar was clean and ready for bed.
What was the island made of? in the text
Who was the captain? in the text
What was Omar's boat made from? in the text
What did the shampoo bottle look like? in the text
Why did the captain say it was time to go home? think about it
What happened to the island when Omar pulled the plug? 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.
At bath time, Omar saw an island in the tub. It was made of soap bubbles. A yellow duck stood on top.
"I am Captain Quack," said the duck. "Do you want to sail?"
Omar sat on a washcloth boat. They sailed past a bubble hill. They sailed past a shampoo bottle. It was a lighthouse.
Then the water got cool. "Time to go," said the captain. Omar pulled the plug. The island sank. Omar was clean.
At bath time, Omar saw an island in the tub. It was made of soap bubbles. A yellow duck stood on top.
"I am Captain Quack," said the duck. "Do you want to sail?"
Omar climbed on a washcloth boat. They sailed past a bubble hill. They sailed past a shampoo bottle that was a lighthouse.
Then the water got cool. "Time to go home," said the captain. Omar pulled the plug. The island sank. Omar was clean and ready for bed.
At bath time, Omar noticed an island floating in the tub. It was built from soap bubbles, and a yellow duck was standing proudly on top.
"I am Captain Quack," announced the duck. "Would you like to sail with me?"
Omar climbed onto a washcloth boat, and together they sailed past a hill of bubbles. They also passed a shampoo bottle that had turned into a lighthouse.
After a while the water grew cool. "It is time to go home," said the captain. Omar pulled the plug and the island sank away. He was clean and ready for bed.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 82 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.3. 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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