1st grade nonfiction passage about how a chameleon hunts: 94 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A chameleon is a slow lizard that lives in trees. It has two big eyes that stick out. Each eye can turn on its own. One eye can look up while the other looks down.
The chameleon sits very still on a branch. It waits for a bug to come close. Then, zip! Out shoots a long, sticky tongue. The bug is stuck to the tongue. The tongue snaps back into the mouth, and the chameleon eats its lunch.
A chameleon does not chase its food. It uses its eyes and its tongue instead.
Where does a chameleon live? in the text
What can each of its eyes do? in the text
What does the chameleon do while it waits for a bug? in the text
What is its tongue like? in the text
Why does a chameleon not need to chase its food? 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 chameleon is a slow lizard. It lives in trees. It has two big eyes. Each eye can turn on its own.
The chameleon sits still on a branch. It waits for a bug. Then, zip! Out shoots a long, sticky tongue. The bug sticks to it. The tongue snaps back, and the chameleon eats.
A chameleon does not chase food. It waits and zaps.
A chameleon is a slow lizard that lives in trees. It has two big eyes that stick out. Each eye can turn on its own. One eye can look up while the other looks down.
The chameleon sits very still on a branch. It waits for a bug to come close. Then, zip! Out shoots a long, sticky tongue. The bug is stuck to the tongue. The tongue snaps back into the mouth, and the chameleon eats its lunch.
A chameleon does not chase its food. It uses its eyes and its tongue instead.
A chameleon is a slow-moving lizard that lives in trees. Its two large eyes stick out from its head, and each eye can turn independently, so one eye can look upward while the other looks down.
The chameleon sits perfectly still on a branch and waits for a bug to wander close. Then, zip! A long, sticky tongue shoots out and catches the bug. The tongue snaps back into the mouth, and the chameleon enjoys its lunch.
A chameleon never has to chase its food. Instead, it relies on its eyes and its tongue.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 94 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 2.3. 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 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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