1st grade fiction passage about an animal that makes the wrong sound: 82 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Cow Bess opened her mouth. "Meow!" she said.
The pigs looked up. "Moo, Bess! Say moo!" they said.
"Meow," said Bess again. She did not know why.
Just then, a little cat came by. It had a sore paw and it could not call for help. It could not make a sound at all.
"Meow!" said Bess, as loud as she could. The farmer heard her and came running. He gave the cat a soft bed.
Bess said, "Moo!" and everyone clapped.
What sound did Cow Bess make? in the text
What did the pigs want her to say? in the text
What was wrong with the little cat? in the text
What did the farmer give the cat? in the text
How did Bess's funny meow help the cat? 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.
Cow Bess opened her mouth. "Meow!" she said.
The pigs looked up. "Say moo, Bess!" they said.
"Meow," said Bess. She did not know why.
Just then, a little cat came by. It had a sore paw. It could not call for help.
"Meow!" said Bess, as loud as she could. The farmer came running. He gave the cat a soft bed.
Bess said, "Moo!" Everyone clapped.
Cow Bess opened her mouth. "Meow!" she said.
The pigs looked up. "Moo, Bess! Say moo!" they said.
"Meow," said Bess again. She did not know why.
Just then, a little cat came by. It had a sore paw and it could not call for help. It could not make a sound at all.
"Meow!" said Bess, as loud as she could. The farmer heard her and came running. He gave the cat a soft bed.
Bess said, "Moo!" and everyone clapped.
Cow Bess opened her mouth wide. "Meow!" she said.
The pigs looked up from their mud puddle. "Moo, Bess! You are supposed to say moo!" they called.
"Meow," said Bess again. She had no idea why it kept happening.
Just then, a little cat wandered by. It had a sore paw, and it was too weak to call for help. It could not make any sound at all.
"Meow!" said Bess, as loudly as she possibly could. The farmer heard her and came running. He made the cat a soft bed to rest in.
At last Bess said, "Moo!" and everyone on the farm clapped.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 82 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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