1st grade fiction passage about a spoon that stirs up weather: 81 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Mina has a silver spoon. When she stirs a cup, the weather changes inside it.
She stirs once and a small cloud puffs up. She stirs twice and it starts to snow. Tiny flakes fall in the cup.
It is a hot day. Mina's little brother Leo is too warm. "I wish it were winter," he says.
Mina stirs a bowl of water. Snow falls into it. Leo puts his hands in the cold flakes. He grins. "Thank you!" he says.
What kind of spoon does Mina have? in the text
What happens when Mina stirs once? in the text
What happens when she stirs twice? in the text
Who is too warm? in the text
Why does Mina make snow in the bowl? think about it
How does Leo 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.
Mina has a silver spoon. When she stirs a cup, the weather changes inside it.
She stirs once and a small cloud puffs up. She stirs twice and it snows. Tiny flakes fall in the cup.
It is a hot day. Mina's brother Leo is too warm. "I wish it were winter," he says.
Mina stirs a bowl of water. Snow falls in it. Leo puts his hands in the cold flakes. He grins.
Mina has a silver spoon. When she stirs a cup, the weather changes inside it.
She stirs once and a small cloud puffs up. She stirs twice and it starts to snow. Tiny flakes fall in the cup.
It is a hot day. Mina's little brother Leo is too warm. "I wish it were winter," he says.
Mina stirs a bowl of water. Snow falls into it. Leo puts his hands in the cold flakes. He grins. "Thank you!" he says.
Mina owns a silver spoon with an amazing power. Whenever she stirs a cup, the weather inside it begins to change.
If she stirs once, a small cloud puffs up. If she stirs twice, it starts to snow, and tiny flakes drift down into the cup.
One hot afternoon, Mina's little brother Leo felt much too warm. "I wish it were winter," he sighed.
Mina stirred a big bowl of water with her spoon. Snow began to fall into it. Leo plunged his hands into the cold flakes and grinned. "Thank you!" he said happily.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 81 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.5. 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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