1st grade fiction passage about a tuba in the bath: 95 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Gus loved his big gold tuba. He played it all day. Oom-pah, oom-pah!
One night, Mom said, "Bath time, Gus." Gus went to the tub, and he took his tuba, too.
He blew a note. Splash! Bubbles shot out of the tuba. They went up to the ceiling. Pop, pop, pop!
"Gus!" said Mom, with a laugh. "The tuba needs a bath, too?"
"It was thirsty," said Gus.
Mom dried the tuba with a towel. Gus dried himself. Then they both went to bed, and the tuba got to sleep in a chair.
What did Gus love to play? in the text
What did Mom say it was time for? in the text
What came out of the tuba in the tub? in the text
Where did the tuba sleep? in the text
Why did bubbles come out of the tuba? 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.
Gus loved his big gold tuba. He played it all day. Oom-pah, oom-pah!
One night, Mom said, "Bath time, Gus." Gus went to the tub. He took his tuba, too.
He blew a note. Splash! Bubbles came out. They went up to the ceiling. Pop, pop, pop!
"Gus!" said Mom, and she laughed.
"It was thirsty," said Gus.
Mom dried the tuba. Gus dried himself. The tuba slept in a chair.
Gus loved his big gold tuba. He played it all day. Oom-pah, oom-pah!
One night, Mom said, "Bath time, Gus." Gus went to the tub, and he took his tuba, too.
He blew a note. Splash! Bubbles shot out of the tuba. They went up to the ceiling. Pop, pop, pop!
"Gus!" said Mom, with a laugh. "The tuba needs a bath, too?"
"It was thirsty," said Gus.
Mom dried the tuba with a towel. Gus dried himself. Then they both went to bed, and the tuba got to sleep in a chair.
Gus adored his big gold tuba, and he played it from morning until night. Oom-pah, oom-pah!
One evening, Mom called, "Bath time, Gus." Gus marched to the bathroom and brought his tuba along with him.
He blew a long, loud note. Splash! A cloud of bubbles burst out of the tuba and floated all the way up to the ceiling. Pop, pop, pop!
"Gus!" said Mom, laughing. "Does the tuba need a bath, too?"
"It was thirsty," Gus explained.
Mom dried the tuba with a fluffy towel while Gus dried himself. Then they both went to bed, and the tuba slept in a chair.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 95 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about below 1. 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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