1st grade nonfiction passage about wind: 90 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
You cannot see air, but it is all around you. When air moves, we call it wind.
A soft wind feels like a gentle push on your face. A strong wind can make tree branches sway and bend. Wind can also push a sailboat across a lake.
Wind helps us play. A kite needs wind to fly. If the air is still, the kite will fall down.
How can you tell the wind is blowing? Look at the leaves. Look at a flag. If they move, the wind is blowing.
What do we call air that moves? in the text
What can a strong wind do to tree branches? in the text
What can wind push across a lake? in the text
What does a kite need to fly? in the text
A flag is hanging down and not moving. What does that tell you about the wind? 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 cannot see air. But air is all around you. When air moves, it is wind.
A soft wind feels nice on your face. A strong wind makes tree branches bend. Wind can push a boat on a lake.
Wind helps us play. A kite needs wind to fly. If the air is still, the kite falls.
How do you know the wind is here? Look at the leaves. Look at a flag. If they move, there is wind.
You cannot see air, but it is all around you. When air moves, we call it wind.
A soft wind feels like a gentle push on your face. A strong wind can make tree branches sway and bend. Wind can also push a sailboat across a lake.
Wind helps us play. A kite needs wind to fly. If the air is still, the kite will fall down.
How can you tell the wind is blowing? Look at the leaves. Look at a flag. If they move, the wind is blowing.
You cannot see air, but it is all around you every moment. When that air starts to move, we call it wind.
A soft, gentle wind feels like a light push on your face. A strong wind can make the branches of tall trees sway and bend. Wind can even push a sailboat all the way across a wide lake.
Wind also helps us play. A kite needs wind to rise into the sky. When the air is perfectly still, the kite will drop to the ground.
How can you tell that the wind is blowing? Watch the leaves on a tree, or look at a flag. If they flutter and move, the wind is blowing.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 90 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.3. 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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