2nd grade nonfiction passage about sharing a garden: 122 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
2nd gradenonfictionsharing a garden122 words
The Community Garden Water Schedule
At the end of Pine Street, there is a community garden. Many families have a small bed there. They grow beans, squash, and sunflowers.
The garden has just one water tap. If everyone came to water at the same time, there would be a long line. Some plants might dry out in the sun.
So the gardeners made a schedule. It is a chart on the shed door. It lists each family and a day to use the tap. Each family also has a day to pick up weeds in the paths.
The schedule is a kind of rule that the group made together. Nobody has to be bossy. Everyone knows when it is their turn, and the whole garden stays green.
Questions
What do the families grow in the garden? in the text
How many water taps does the garden have? in the text
Where is the schedule? in the text
What else does each family do on a day of its own? in the text
Why did the gardeners make a schedule? think about it
Words to know
community
a group of people who live or work near each other
schedule
a list that says who does what and when
tap
a faucet that water comes out of
weeds
plants that grow where nobody wants them
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The Community Garden Water Schedule
2nd grade reading passage
At the end of Pine Street, there is a community garden. Many families have a small bed there. They grow beans, squash, and sunflowers.
The garden has just one water tap. If everyone came to water at the same time, there would be a long line. Some plants might dry out in the sun.
So the gardeners made a schedule. It is a chart on the shed door. It lists each family and a day to use the tap. Each family also has a day to pick up weeds in the paths.
The schedule is a kind of rule that the group made together. Nobody has to be bossy. Everyone knows when it is their turn, and the whole garden stays green.
Questions
What do the families grow in the garden?
How many water taps does the garden have?
Where is the schedule?
What else does each family do on a day of its own?
Why did the gardeners make a schedule?
Words to know
community: a group of people who live or work near each other
schedule: a list that says who does what and when
tap: a faucet that water comes out of
weeds: plants that grow where nobody wants them
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● Easier · 99 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 2.3
At the end of Pine Street, there is a community garden. Many families have a small bed. They grow beans, squash, and sunflowers.
The garden has one water tap. If all came at once, the line would be long. Some plants might dry out.
So the gardeners made a schedule. It is a chart on the shed door. It lists each family and a day to use the tap. Each family also has a day to pick up weeds.
The group made this rule together. No one has to be bossy. Everyone knows their turn. The garden stays green.
▲ This passage · 122 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 3.4
At the end of Pine Street, there is a community garden. Many families have a small bed there. They grow beans, squash, and sunflowers.
The garden has just one water tap. If everyone came to water at the same time, there would be a long line. Some plants might dry out in the sun.
So the gardeners made a schedule. It is a chart on the shed door. It lists each family and a day to use the tap. Each family also has a day to pick up weeds in the paths.
The schedule is a kind of rule that the group made together. Nobody has to be bossy. Everyone knows when it is their turn, and the whole garden stays green.
■ Harder · 139 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 6.2
At the far end of Pine Street, you will find a community garden. Many families keep a small bed there, where they grow beans, squash, and tall sunflowers.
The garden has only one water tap. If every family arrived to water at the same time, there would be a long line, and some of the plants might dry out in the hot sun.
To solve this, the gardeners made a schedule. It is a chart posted on the door of the shed, and it lists each family along with a day to use the tap. Each family also has a day set aside to pull weeds from the paths.
The schedule is a rule that the whole group created together. Nobody has to be bossy, because everyone knows when it is their turn, and the entire garden stays green.
At the end of Pine Street, there is a community garden. Many families have a small bed. They grow beans, squash, and sunflowers.
The garden has one water tap. If all came at once, the line would be long. Some plants might dry out.
So the gardeners made a schedule. It is a chart on the shed door. It lists each family and a day to use the tap. Each family also has a day to pick up weeds.
The group made this rule together. No one has to be bossy. Everyone knows their turn. The garden stays green.
Questions
What do the families grow?
How many water taps are there?
Where is the schedule?
What else does each family do on a day of its own?
Why did the gardeners make a schedule?
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Name ____________________▲
The Community Garden Water Schedule
At the end of Pine Street, there is a community garden. Many families have a small bed there. They grow beans, squash, and sunflowers.
The garden has just one water tap. If everyone came to water at the same time, there would be a long line. Some plants might dry out in the sun.
So the gardeners made a schedule. It is a chart on the shed door. It lists each family and a day to use the tap. Each family also has a day to pick up weeds in the paths.
The schedule is a kind of rule that the group made together. Nobody has to be bossy. Everyone knows when it is their turn, and the whole garden stays green.
Questions
What do the families grow in the garden?
How many water taps does the garden have?
Where is the schedule?
What else does each family do on a day of its own?
Why did the gardeners make a schedule?
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Name ____________________■
The Community Garden Water Schedule
At the far end of Pine Street, you will find a community garden. Many families keep a small bed there, where they grow beans, squash, and tall sunflowers.
The garden has only one water tap. If every family arrived to water at the same time, there would be a long line, and some of the plants might dry out in the hot sun.
To solve this, the gardeners made a schedule. It is a chart posted on the door of the shed, and it lists each family along with a day to use the tap. Each family also has a day set aside to pull weeds from the paths.
The schedule is a rule that the whole group created together. Nobody has to be bossy, because everyone knows when it is their turn, and the entire garden stays green.
Questions
What do the families grow in their beds?
How many water taps does the garden have?
Where is the schedule posted?
What else does each family have a day for?
Why did the gardeners create a schedule?
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Answer key: The Community Garden Water Schedule
● Easier (Flesch-Kincaid grade 2.3)
Beans, squash, and sunflowers.
Just one.
On the shed door.
Pick up weeds.
So there is no long line for the one tap and the plants get water.
▲ This passage (Flesch-Kincaid grade 3.4)
Beans, squash, and sunflowers.
Just one.
On the shed door.
Pick up weeds in the paths.
So there would not be a long line for the one tap and the plants would get water.
■ Harder (Flesch-Kincaid grade 6.2)
Beans, squash, and tall sunflowers.
Only one.
On the door of the shed.
Pulling weeds from the paths.
It prevents a long line at the one tap, so the plants get the water they need.
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Before reading, put community, schedule, tap and weeds on the board with their meanings from the Words to know section and have students predict what the text will be about.
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What reading level is "The Community Garden Water Schedule"?
It was written for 2nd grade. It has 122 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 3.4. 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.
What do the questions ask?
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.
How long does it take to read?
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