1st grade fiction passage about a tiny train pulled by snails: 83 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Tomas found a tiny train in the garden. It had six cars. Six snails pulled it along.
"All aboard!" said a little ant. He was the train driver. Tomas shrank down to ant size and hopped on.
The train went slow. Tomas saw a leaf as big as a roof. He saw a worm in the dirt. He waved at a bee.
At the gate, the train stopped. Tomas grew big again. He gave the snails a lettuce leaf to say thank you.
How many cars did the tiny train have? in the text
What pulled the train? in the text
Who was the train driver? in the text
Where did the train stop? in the text
Why did the leaf look as big as a roof? think about it
Why did Tomas give the snails a lettuce leaf? 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.
Tomas found a tiny train in the garden. It had six cars. Six snails pulled it.
"All aboard!" said an ant. He was the driver. Tomas got small and hopped on.
The train went slow. Tomas saw a big leaf. He saw a worm. He waved at a bee.
At the gate, the train stopped. Tomas got big again. He gave the snails a lettuce leaf.
Tomas found a tiny train in the garden. It had six cars. Six snails pulled it along.
"All aboard!" said a little ant. He was the train driver. Tomas shrank down to ant size and hopped on.
The train went slow. Tomas saw a leaf as big as a roof. He saw a worm in the dirt. He waved at a bee.
At the gate, the train stopped. Tomas grew big again. He gave the snails a lettuce leaf to say thank you.
Tomas discovered a tiny train in the garden. It had six little cars, and six snails were pulling it along.
"All aboard!" called a little ant. He was the driver of the train. Tomas shrank down to the size of an ant and hopped on.
The train traveled very slowly. Tomas saw a leaf as big as a roof. He saw a worm wriggling in the dirt. He even waved at a bee.
When the train reached the garden gate, it stopped. Tomas grew big again. To say thank you, he gave the snails a lettuce leaf.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 83 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.4. 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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