1st grade nonfiction passage about tailors: 87 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Why does a tailor measure two times? Here is the reason.
A tailor makes clothes to fit just one person. Shop clothes are made for many people, so they fit most, but not all. A tailor's coat fits you.
First, she wraps a soft tape around your arm, your chest, and your back. She writes each number down. Then she measures again to be sure.
Cloth cannot be put back once it is cut. A mistake would waste the cloth. So she measures twice and cuts once.
Who does a tailor make clothes for? in the text
What does the tailor wrap around your arm and chest? in the text
What does she write down? in the text
How many times does she cut? in the text
Why can a tailor's coat fit better than a shop coat? think about it
Why does she measure twice before she cuts? 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.
Why does a tailor measure two times?
A tailor makes clothes for one person. Shop clothes are made for many. They fit most people, but not all. A tailor's coat fits you.
She wraps a soft tape on your arm and chest. She writes down each number. Then she measures again.
Cloth cannot be put back when it is cut. So she measures twice and cuts once.
Why does a tailor measure two times? Here is the reason.
A tailor makes clothes to fit just one person. Shop clothes are made for many people, so they fit most, but not all. A tailor's coat fits you.
First, she wraps a soft tape around your arm, your chest, and your back. She writes each number down. Then she measures again to be sure.
Cloth cannot be put back once it is cut. A mistake would waste the cloth. So she measures twice and cuts once.
Why does a tailor measure two times before cutting? There is a good reason.
A tailor makes clothes to fit only one person. Clothes in a shop are made for many different people, so they fit most of them, but not all of them. A coat from a tailor is made to fit you.
To start, she wraps a soft tape around your arm, your chest, and your back, and she writes down each number. Then she measures everything again to be certain.
Once cloth has been cut, it cannot be put back together. A mistake would waste the cloth, so she measures twice and cuts only once.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 87 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.5. 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. 4 ask for something the text says directly and 2 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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