1st grade nonfiction passage about ocean animals: 89 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A whale lives in the sea, but a whale is not a fish. A whale is a mammal. It breathes air, just like you.
A whale has a hole on top of its head called a blowhole. It comes up to the top of the water to breathe. Whoosh! Air and mist shoot up.
A baby whale drinks milk from its mother. Some whales are very big. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived.
Whales sing, too. Their songs can travel far under the water.
Where does a whale live? in the text
What kind of animal is a whale? in the text
What is the hole on top of a whale's head called? in the text
What does a baby whale drink? in the text
Why does a whale come up to the top of the water? think about it
Which whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived? in the text
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.
A whale lives in the sea. A whale is not a fish. A whale is a mammal. It breathes air, like you.
A whale has a blowhole on its head. It comes up to the top of the water to breathe. Whoosh! Air and mist shoot up.
A baby whale drinks milk from its mother. Some whales are very big. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived.
Whales sing. Their songs go far under the water.
A whale lives in the sea, but a whale is not a fish. A whale is a mammal. It breathes air, just like you.
A whale has a hole on top of its head called a blowhole. It comes up to the top of the water to breathe. Whoosh! Air and mist shoot up.
A baby whale drinks milk from its mother. Some whales are very big. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived.
Whales sing, too. Their songs can travel far under the water.
A whale makes its home in the sea, yet a whale is not a fish. It is a mammal, which means it breathes air, just as you do.
On top of its head, a whale has an opening called a blowhole. The whale swims up to the surface of the water to breathe. Whoosh! Air and mist shoot high into the sky.
A baby whale drinks milk from its mother. Some whales are enormous, and the blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived.
Whales sing, too, and their songs can travel a long way under the water.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 89 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 2.1. 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 six. 5 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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