1st grade fiction passage about a minute of time that got lost: 86 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Jax was always late. He said, "I do not have enough time!"
One day he looked under the couch. He found a small, glowing minute. It ticked like a tiny clock. It was shaped like a bean.
"I got lost," said the minute. "I have been here a long time."
Jax picked it up. He put it in his pocket. Now Jax had one extra minute each day. He tied his shoes. He was on time for school. The minute felt happy to have a home.
What did Jax say he did not have? in the text
Where did Jax find the minute? in the text
What shape was the minute? in the text
Where did Jax put the minute? in the text
Why was Jax on time for school? think about it
Why was the minute happy? 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.
Jax was always late. He said, "I do not have time!"
One day he looked under the couch. He found a small, glowing minute. It ticked like a clock. It was shaped like a bean.
"I got lost," said the minute. "I have been here a long time."
Jax put it in his pocket. Now he had one extra minute each day. He tied his shoes. He was on time for school. The minute was happy.
Jax was always late. He said, "I do not have enough time!"
One day he looked under the couch. He found a small, glowing minute. It ticked like a tiny clock. It was shaped like a bean.
"I got lost," said the minute. "I have been here a long time."
Jax picked it up. He put it in his pocket. Now Jax had one extra minute each day. He tied his shoes. He was on time for school. The minute felt happy to have a home.
Jax was always running late. "I never have enough time!" he would complain.
One morning he looked under the couch and discovered a small, glowing minute. It ticked like a tiny clock, and it was shaped like a bean.
"I got lost," said the minute. "I have been hiding here for a very long time."
Jax gently picked it up and slipped it into his pocket. From then on, he had one extra minute every day. He used it to tie his shoes, and he arrived at school on time. The minute felt happy to have a home.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 86 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.3. 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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