1st grade fiction passage about a robot who waters night flowers: 74 words, six questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Zib is a small robot. Zib has a job. At night, Zib waters the moon flowers.
Moon flowers open only in the dark. They are white and they shine a little. They need water when the moon is up.
One night, Zib's can was empty. The flowers drooped. Zib was worried.
Then it rained. Zib held up the can. Plink, plink! It filled right up. Zib watered every flower. They opened wide and glowed.
What is Zib's job? in the text
When do moon flowers open? in the text
What color are the moon flowers? in the text
What was wrong with Zib's can? in the text
How did Zib fill the can? think about it
Why did the flowers droop? 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.
Zib is a small robot. Zib has a job. At night, Zib waters the moon flowers.
Moon flowers open in the dark. They are white. They need water when the moon is up.
One night, Zib's can was empty. The flowers drooped. Zib was sad.
Then it rained. Zib held up the can. Plink! It filled up. Zib watered each flower. They opened and glowed.
Zib is a small robot. Zib has a job. At night, Zib waters the moon flowers.
Moon flowers open only in the dark. They are white and they shine a little. They need water when the moon is up.
One night, Zib's can was empty. The flowers drooped. Zib was worried.
Then it rained. Zib held up the can. Plink, plink! It filled right up. Zib watered every flower. They opened wide and glowed.
Zib is a small robot with an important job. Every night, Zib carefully waters the moon flowers.
Moon flowers open only in the darkness. They are white and shine faintly, and they need water whenever the moon is up in the sky.
One night, Zib's watering can was completely empty. The flowers began to droop, and Zib felt worried.
Then a soft rain began to fall. Zib held up the can, and it filled right to the top. Zib watered every flower, and they opened wide and glowed.
It was written for 1st grade. It has 74 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.7. 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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