1st grade nonfiction passage about pill bugs: 90 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Lift up a rock in the garden. You may see a small gray bug. It is a pill bug.
A pill bug likes dark, damp places. It hides under rocks and logs. It eats old leaves that fall on the ground. It likes a quiet, cool home.
If you poke a pill bug, it curls up. It tucks in its head and legs. Now it looks like a tiny gray ball. The hard shell on its back keeps it safe. When all is calm, the bug uncurls and walks away.
Where does a pill bug like to hide? in the text
What does a pill bug eat? in the text
What does a pill bug do when you poke it? in the text
What color is a pill bug? in the text
Why does a pill bug curl up? 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.
Lift a rock in the garden. You may see a gray bug. It is a pill bug.
A pill bug likes dark, damp spots. It hides under rocks and logs. It eats old leaves.
Poke a pill bug and it curls up. It looks like a tiny gray ball. Its hard shell keeps it safe. Then it uncurls and walks off.
Lift up a rock in the garden. You may see a small gray bug. It is a pill bug.
A pill bug likes dark, damp places. It hides under rocks and logs. It eats old leaves that fall on the ground. It likes a quiet, cool home.
If you poke a pill bug, it curls up. It tucks in its head and legs. Now it looks like a tiny gray ball. The hard shell on its back keeps it safe. When all is calm, the bug uncurls and walks away.
If you lift up a rock in the garden, you may discover a small gray bug underneath. It is called a pill bug.
A pill bug prefers dark, damp places, so it hides beneath rocks and logs. It feeds on old leaves that have fallen to the ground.
When something pokes a pill bug, it curls up and tucks in its head and legs. It then looks like a tiny gray ball, and the hard shell on its back protects it. Once everything is calm again, the bug uncurls and walks away.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 90 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.1. 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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