1st grade nonfiction passage about town meetings: 82 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Some small towns hold a town meeting. The neighbors meet in a big room, like a school gym.
Everyone sits down. A leader says what the town needs to decide. Maybe the town needs a new swing set for the park.
Neighbors can talk. One person speaks at a time. The others listen.
Then comes the vote. People raise their hands. The leader counts the hands. The choice with the most hands wins.
At a town meeting, each neighbor gets a voice.
Where might a town meeting be held? in the text
What does the leader say at the start? in the text
How do people vote at this meeting? in the text
Which choice wins the vote? in the text
Why does only one person speak at a time? 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.
Some small towns have a town meeting. Neighbors meet in a big room, like a school gym.
Everyone sits. A leader tells what the town must decide. Maybe the park needs a new swing set.
Neighbors talk. One person talks at a time. The others listen.
Then they vote. People raise their hands. The leader counts the hands. The choice with the most hands wins.
At a town meeting, each neighbor has a voice.
Some small towns hold a town meeting. The neighbors meet in a big room, like a school gym.
Everyone sits down. A leader says what the town needs to decide. Maybe the town needs a new swing set for the park.
Neighbors can talk. One person speaks at a time. The others listen.
Then comes the vote. People raise their hands. The leader counts the hands. The choice with the most hands wins.
At a town meeting, each neighbor gets a voice.
Some small towns hold a town meeting, where neighbors gather together in a large room such as a school gym.
Once everyone has taken a seat, a leader explains what the town needs to decide. Perhaps the park needs a new swing set.
The neighbors are allowed to talk about the idea. Only one person speaks at a time, while the others listen politely.
After the talking is finished, it is time to vote. People raise their hands, and the leader counts every hand. The choice with the most hands wins.
At a town meeting, each neighbor is given a voice.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 82 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.8. 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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