1st grade fiction passage about a big brother helps a baby: 94 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Sam had a new baby sister named Joy. Joy cried a lot. Sam felt cross. Mom was always busy with her.
One day Joy got the hiccups. Hic! Hic! Her face looked so surprised.
Mom was in the shower. Sam did not know what to do. He tried a silly face. Joy kept hiccuping. Then he sang a funny song about a frog.
Joy smiled. The hiccups stopped.
"I can help," said Sam. He felt like a real big brother. He ran to tell Mom the good news. She gave him a big hug.
What was the baby's name? in the text
Why did Sam feel cross? in the text
Where was Mom when Joy got the hiccups? in the text
What did Sam sing about? in the text
How did Sam feel at the end? 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.
Sam had a new baby sister. Her name was Joy. Joy cried a lot. Sam felt cross. Mom was busy with her.
One day Joy got the hiccups. Hic! Hic! Her face looked so surprised.
Mom was in the shower. Sam did not know what to do. He made a silly face. Joy still had hiccups. Then he sang a song about a frog.
Joy smiled. The hiccups stopped.
"I can help," said Sam. He felt like a big brother.
Sam had a new baby sister named Joy. Joy cried a lot. Sam felt cross. Mom was always busy with her.
One day Joy got the hiccups. Hic! Hic! Her face looked so surprised.
Mom was in the shower. Sam did not know what to do. He tried a silly face. Joy kept hiccuping. Then he sang a funny song about a frog.
Joy smiled. The hiccups stopped.
"I can help," said Sam. He felt like a real big brother. He ran to tell Mom the good news. She gave him a big hug.
Sam had a brand new baby sister named Joy. Joy cried often, and Sam felt cross because Mom was always busy taking care of her.
One afternoon, Joy got the hiccups. Hic! Hic! Her little face looked so surprised each time.
Mom happened to be in the shower, and Sam was not sure what to do. First he tried making a silly face, but Joy kept hiccuping. Then he sang a funny song about a frog.
Joy smiled at him, and the hiccups stopped.
"I can help," Sam said proudly. He felt like a real big brother.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 94 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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