1st grade fiction passage about an umbrella with its own rain: 78 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Rosa has a yellow umbrella. It is not like other umbrellas. When Rosa opens it, a little rain falls inside.
Drip, drip, drip! It rains on her head. Rosa is wet and the sun is out. She does not like it.
Then she sees the dry flowers by the door. Their leaves are brown.
Rosa holds the umbrella over the flowers. The little rain falls on them. They stand up and turn green. Now Rosa likes her umbrella.
What color is Rosa's umbrella? in the text
What happens when Rosa opens the umbrella? in the text
What does Rosa see by the door? in the text
Why does Rosa not like the umbrella at first? think about it
Why do the flowers turn green? 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.
Rosa has a yellow umbrella. It is not like other umbrellas. When Rosa opens it, a little rain falls inside.
Drip, drip! It rains on her head. The sun is out. Rosa does not like it.
Then she sees dry flowers by the door. Their leaves are brown.
Rosa holds the umbrella over the flowers. The rain falls on them. They stand up and turn green. Now Rosa likes her umbrella.
Rosa has a yellow umbrella. It is not like other umbrellas. When Rosa opens it, a little rain falls inside.
Drip, drip, drip! It rains on her head. Rosa is wet and the sun is out. She does not like it.
Then she sees the dry flowers by the door. Their leaves are brown.
Rosa holds the umbrella over the flowers. The little rain falls on them. They stand up and turn green. Now Rosa likes her umbrella.
Rosa owns a yellow umbrella that is not like other umbrellas. Whenever Rosa opens it, a little rain begins to fall inside.
Drip, drip, drip! The rain pattered on her head even though the sun was shining. Rosa felt wet and grumpy about it.
Then she noticed the dry flowers beside the door. Their leaves had turned brown.
Rosa held the umbrella over the flowers, and the little rain fell on them. They stood up straight and turned green again. Now Rosa loves her umbrella.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 78 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.9. 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. 3 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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