1st grade fiction passage about mismatched mittens and a new friend: 93 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
On the first snowy day, Abe lost one mitten. His other hand was cold. He hid it in his pocket.
A girl named Fern sat next to him on the bus. She had two left mittens. They were green, and they were the same.
"I know," she said. "Mom bought the wrong pair."
"I have one right mitten," said Abe. He showed her his red one.
Fern gave him a green mitten. Abe gave her the red one. Now each had a left and a right. They laughed at how silly they looked.
What did Abe lose? in the text
Where did Abe sit on the bus? in the text
What was wrong with Fern's mittens? in the text
What color mitten did Abe give Fern? in the text
Why was trading mittens a good idea? 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.
On the first snowy day, Abe lost a mitten. One hand was cold. He hid it in his pocket.
A girl named Fern sat by him on the bus. She had two left mittens. They were green.
"Mom bought the wrong pair," she said.
"I have one right mitten," said Abe. He showed her his red one.
Fern gave him a green mitten. Abe gave her the red one. Now each had a left and a right. They laughed at how silly they looked.
On the first snowy day, Abe lost one mitten. His other hand was cold. He hid it in his pocket.
A girl named Fern sat next to him on the bus. She had two left mittens. They were green, and they were the same.
"I know," she said. "Mom bought the wrong pair."
"I have one right mitten," said Abe. He showed her his red one.
Fern gave him a green mitten. Abe gave her the red one. Now each had a left and a right. They laughed at how silly they looked.
On the first snowy day of winter, Abe lost one of his mittens. His bare hand grew cold, so he tucked it into his pocket.
A girl named Fern sat beside him on the bus. She was wearing two left mittens, and both of them were green.
"I know they look odd," she said. "My mom bought the wrong pair."
"I still have one right mitten," said Abe, and he showed her his red one.
Fern handed him a green mitten, and Abe handed her the red one. Now each of them had a left mitten and a right mitten. They laughed at how silly they looked.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 93 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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