1st grade fiction passage about a camel and a heavy pack: 104 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Cam the camel was going on a trip. He packed a rug. He packed a lamp. He packed a chair, a drum, and ten jars of jam.
"I might need them," said Cam. He tied the pack on his back and set off. But the pack was so heavy. Each step was slow. Cam puffed and huffed.
At the top of a dune, he sat down. "I do not need a chair," he said. He left the chair. He left the drum. He left the jam, but he kept one jar.
Now Cam walked with a light step. He packed just what he needed.
What was Cam the camel going on? in the text
Can you name two things Cam packed? in the text
Why was each step slow? in the text
What did Cam leave on the dune? in the text
What did Cam learn about packing? 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.
Cam the camel was going on a trip. He packed a rug. He packed a lamp. He packed a chair, a drum, and ten jars of jam.
He tied the pack on his back. But the pack was so heavy. Each step was slow. Cam puffed.
At the top of a dune, he sat down. "I do not need a chair," he said. He left the chair. He left the drum. He left the jam, but one jar.
Now Cam walked with a light step.
Cam the camel was going on a trip. He packed a rug. He packed a lamp. He packed a chair, a drum, and ten jars of jam.
"I might need them," said Cam. He tied the pack on his back and set off. But the pack was so heavy. Each step was slow. Cam puffed and huffed.
At the top of a dune, he sat down. "I do not need a chair," he said. He left the chair. He left the drum. He left the jam, but he kept one jar.
Now Cam walked with a light step. He packed just what he needed.
Cam the camel was preparing for a long trip across the desert. He packed a rug, a lamp, a chair, a drum, and ten jars of jam.
"I might need all of these," said Cam. He tied the enormous pack onto his back and set off, but it was dreadfully heavy. Each step was slow, and Cam puffed and huffed.
At the top of a sandy dune, he sat down to rest. "I do not need a chair," he decided. He left the chair behind, along with the drum and most of the jam, though he kept one jar.
Now Cam walked with a light step. He had packed only what he truly needed.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 104 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about below 1. 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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