1st grade nonfiction passage about how a scrape heals: 89 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Oops! Leo trips and scrapes his knee. It stings, and a little blood comes out. Then something clever happens.
The blood gets thick and sticky. It dries into a hard, dark crust. This crust is called a scab. It covers the scrape like a bandage and keeps dirt out.
Under the scab, new skin grows. It takes some days. Try not to pick at a scab. If you leave it alone, it falls off when the skin below is ready. Washing a scrape with soap and water helps, too.
What does Leo scrape? in the text
What does the blood turn into? in the text
What does the scab keep out? in the text
What grows under the scab? in the text
Why should you not pick at a scab? 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.
Oops! Leo trips. He scrapes his knee. It stings. A little blood comes out. Then something clever happens.
The blood gets thick. It dries into a hard, dark crust. The crust is a scab. It covers the scrape like a bandage. It keeps dirt out.
New skin grows under it. That takes days. Do not pick the scab. It falls off when the skin is ready.
Oops! Leo trips and scrapes his knee. It stings, and a little blood comes out. Then something clever happens.
The blood gets thick and sticky. It dries into a hard, dark crust. This crust is called a scab. It covers the scrape like a bandage and keeps dirt out.
Under the scab, new skin grows. It takes some days. Try not to pick at a scab. If you leave it alone, it falls off when the skin below is ready. Washing a scrape with soap and water helps, too.
Oops! Leo trips on the sidewalk and scrapes his knee. It stings, and a little blood seeps out. Then something clever begins to happen.
The blood grows thick and sticky, and it slowly dries into a hard, dark crust known as a scab. The scab covers the scrape the way a bandage would, and it keeps dirt from getting in.
Underneath it, new skin is growing, which takes several days. It is best not to pick at a scab. If you leave it alone, it will fall off by itself once the skin below is ready.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 89 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.9. 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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