1st grade nonfiction passage about pairs and counting by twos: 88 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
You have two hands. So you wear two mittens. Two things that go together are a pair.
Look at the mittens by the door. There is one pair. Now there are two pairs. We can count them by twos. Two, four, six, eight.
Socks and shoes come in pairs too. Eight mittens are four pairs. When you count by twos, you can count fast. Try it with the boots by your door. Count each pair, then say the last number. That number tells how many boots you have.
Why do you wear two mittens? in the text
What do we call two things that go together? in the text
What numbers do we say when we count by twos? in the text
What are two other things that come in pairs? in the text
Why is counting by twos faster than counting one by one? 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.
You have two hands. So you wear two mittens. Two things that go together are a pair.
Look at the mittens. There is one pair. Now there are two pairs. Count by twos. Two, four, six, eight.
Socks and shoes are pairs too. Eight mittens are four pairs.
You have two hands. So you wear two mittens. Two things that go together are a pair.
Look at the mittens by the door. There is one pair. Now there are two pairs. We can count them by twos. Two, four, six, eight.
Socks and shoes come in pairs too. Eight mittens are four pairs. When you count by twos, you can count fast. Try it with the boots by your door. Count each pair, then say the last number. That number tells how many boots you have.
You have two hands, so you wear two mittens on a cold day. Two things that belong together are called a pair.
Imagine the mittens lined up by the door. First you see one pair, and then you see two pairs. Instead of counting one by one, you can count them by twos: two, four, six, eight.
Socks and shoes also come in pairs. Eight mittens make four pairs. Counting by twos is a quick way to find out how many there are, so try it with the boots by your door.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 88 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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