1st grade fiction passage about a dragon afraid of little flames: 79 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Dax is a green dragon. He can puff big fire. But Dax is afraid of birthday candles.
"They are too small," said Dax. "I cannot see them. I might sit on them."
It was his friend Pia's birthday. Pia had a cake with five candles. Dax hid under the table.
Pia took Dax's paw. "Just watch," she said. She blew out one candle, and then another. The smoke made a little curl. Dax laughed. Now he is not afraid.
What color is Dax? in the text
What is Dax afraid of? in the text
How many candles were on the cake? in the text
Where did Dax hide? in the text
Why did Dax say the candles were too small? think about it
What helped Dax stop being afraid? 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.
Dax is a green dragon. He can puff big fire. But Dax is afraid of birthday candles.
"They are too small," said Dax. "I might sit on them."
It was Pia's birthday. Pia had a cake with five candles. Dax hid under the table.
Pia took his paw. "Just watch," she said. She blew out a candle. Then she blew out another. Dax laughed. Now he is not afraid.
Dax is a green dragon. He can puff big fire. But Dax is afraid of birthday candles.
"They are too small," said Dax. "I cannot see them. I might sit on them."
It was his friend Pia's birthday. Pia had a cake with five candles. Dax hid under the table.
Pia took Dax's paw. "Just watch," she said. She blew out one candle, and then another. The smoke made a little curl. Dax laughed. Now he is not afraid.
Dax is a green dragon who can puff enormous fire. Even so, Dax is terribly afraid of birthday candles.
"They are far too small," Dax explained. "I cannot see them well, and I might accidentally sit on one."
It was his friend Pia's birthday, and she had a cake with five candles on it. Dax quickly hid under the table.
Pia gently took Dax's paw. "Just watch," she said. She blew out one candle, and then another, and the smoke made a little curl. Dax laughed, and now he is not afraid anymore.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 79 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.5. 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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