1st grade nonfiction passage about water in space: 84 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Pour water in a cup on Earth. It stays in the cup. It sits flat on top.
In space, water does not do that. It floats! A drop of water pulls itself into a round ball.
An astronaut can let a ball of water drift in the air. It wobbles and shines. It is fun to watch.
But the astronaut must not let it get loose. The ball can go into the machines. So the astronaut grabs it with a cup or a cloth.
What does water do in a cup on Earth? in the text
What shape does a drop of water make in space? in the text
What does the water ball do in the air? in the text
What does the astronaut grab the ball with? in the text
Why must the astronaut not let the ball get loose? 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.
Water in a cup stays in the cup.
In space, water floats. A drop pulls into a round ball.
A ball of water can drift. It wobbles. It shines.
But it must not get loose. It can go in the machines. So the astronaut grabs it with a cup or a cloth.
Pour water in a cup on Earth. It stays in the cup. It sits flat on top.
In space, water does not do that. It floats! A drop of water pulls itself into a round ball.
An astronaut can let a ball of water drift in the air. It wobbles and shines. It is fun to watch.
But the astronaut must not let it get loose. The ball can go into the machines. So the astronaut grabs it with a cup or a cloth.
When you pour water into a cup on Earth, it stays put and sits flat across the top.
In space, water behaves very differently. It floats, and a drop of water pulls itself into a perfectly round ball.
An astronaut can let a ball of water drift through the air, where it wobbles and shines. It is delightful to watch.
However, the astronaut must not let the ball escape, because it could float into the machines. So the astronaut catches it with a cup or a cloth.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 84 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.1. 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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