1st grade fiction passage about a tall tale about a giant turnip: 94 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Gran Moss grew a turnip. It was big. It was bigger than a bush. It was bigger than a bus! It was as big as a barn.
"I will pull it up," said Gran. She pulled and pulled. The turnip did not move.
Then her dog came to help. Then her cat came. Then a tiny mouse came. They all pulled together.
Pop! Out came the turnip. It rolled down the hill, and they all ran after it.
That night, the whole town ate turnip soup. Everyone said it was the best soup ever.
What did Gran Moss grow? in the text
How big was the turnip? in the text
Who came to help Gran pull? in the text
What did the town eat that night? in the text
Why did the turnip come out at last? 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.
Gran Moss grew a turnip. It was big. It was as big as a barn!
"I will pull it up," said Gran. She pulled and pulled. It did not move.
Then her dog came to help. Then her cat came. Then a tiny mouse came. They all pulled.
Pop! Out came the turnip. It rolled down the hill.
That night, the town ate turnip soup. It was the best soup.
Gran Moss grew a turnip. It was big. It was bigger than a bush. It was bigger than a bus! It was as big as a barn.
"I will pull it up," said Gran. She pulled and pulled. The turnip did not move.
Then her dog came to help. Then her cat came. Then a tiny mouse came. They all pulled together.
Pop! Out came the turnip. It rolled down the hill, and they all ran after it.
That night, the whole town ate turnip soup. Everyone said it was the best soup ever.
Gran Moss grew an enormous turnip in her garden. It was larger than a bush, larger than a bus, and very nearly as large as a barn.
"I will pull it out of the ground myself," declared Gran. She tugged and tugged, but the turnip would not budge.
Soon her dog came running to help. Then her cat arrived, and then a tiny mouse scurried over. They all gripped the leaves and pulled together.
Pop! Out came the turnip, and it rolled right down the hill with everyone racing after it.
That night, the whole town gathered to eat turnip soup. Everyone agreed it was the best soup they had ever tasted.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 94 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.1. 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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