1st grade nonfiction passage about hot springs in Iceland: 94 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Iceland is an island in the cold north. It has snow and ice. But Iceland has something warm too. Hot water comes up from deep in the ground.
Some of this water fills pools outside. People like to sit in the warm pools. Steam rises up in the cold air. It looks like smoke. It is fun to see.
Iceland uses the hot water to warm houses too. Pipes carry it to homes. Even when it snows, the houses stay cozy. Warm water from the earth is a big help to the people there.
Where is Iceland? in the text
Where does the hot water come from? in the text
What rises up from the warm pools? in the text
What carries hot water to homes? in the text
Why do houses in Iceland stay cozy when it snows? 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.
Iceland is an island in the cold north. It has snow and ice. But it has something warm too. Hot water comes up from deep in the ground.
Some of the water fills pools outside. People sit in the warm pools. Steam rises into the cold air. It looks like smoke.
Pipes carry hot water to houses. The houses stay warm when it snows.
Iceland is an island in the cold north. It has snow and ice. But Iceland has something warm too. Hot water comes up from deep in the ground.
Some of this water fills pools outside. People like to sit in the warm pools. Steam rises up in the cold air. It looks like smoke. It is fun to see.
Iceland uses the hot water to warm houses too. Pipes carry it to homes. Even when it snows, the houses stay cozy. Warm water from the earth is a big help to the people there.
Iceland is an island far away in the cold north, and it is covered with plenty of snow and ice. Yet Iceland also has something warm, because hot water rises up from deep beneath the ground.
Some of this water fills pools out in the open air. People love to sit in the warm water while steam drifts up into the chilly air and looks like smoke.
Iceland also uses the hot water to heat its houses. Pipes carry the water into homes, so even when snow is falling outside, the houses stay cozy inside.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 94 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 2.2. 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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