1st grade nonfiction passage about goose bumps: 81 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Brrr! The wind blows, and your arms get tiny bumps. They look like the skin of a goose, so we call them goose bumps.
Each bump is a little hair on your arm. When you are cold, the hair stands up straight. Many hairs stand up at once, and your skin gets bumpy.
Goose bumps can come when you feel a big surprise, too. Soon you warm up, and the bumps go away. Your body can do this all by itself.
What do goose bumps look like? in the text
What happens to the hairs on your arm when you are cold? in the text
When else can goose bumps come? in the text
What happens when you warm up? in the text
Why might you get goose bumps on a windy day? 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.
Brrr! The wind blows. Your arms get tiny bumps. They look like goose skin. So we say goose bumps.
Each bump is a little hair. When you are cold, the hair stands up. Many hairs stand up. Your skin gets bumpy.
A big surprise can do it, too. Soon you get warm. The bumps go away.
Brrr! The wind blows, and your arms get tiny bumps. They look like the skin of a goose, so we call them goose bumps.
Each bump is a little hair on your arm. When you are cold, the hair stands up straight. Many hairs stand up at once, and your skin gets bumpy.
Goose bumps can come when you feel a big surprise, too. Soon you warm up, and the bumps go away. Your body can do this all by itself.
Brrr! When a chilly wind blows, you may notice tiny bumps appear all over your arms. They remind people of the skin of a goose, which is why we call them goose bumps.
Every bump is really a small hair on your arm. When you feel cold, each hair stands up straight. Because many hairs rise at the same moment, your skin turns bumpy.
Goose bumps can also appear when you feel a big surprise. Soon afterward you warm up, and the bumps disappear. Your body does all of this by itself.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 81 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.9. 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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