Kindergarten nonfiction passage about dugout canoes: 53 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
People made boats long ago. One kind was a dugout canoe.
First, they found a big, strong log. Then they dug out the middle. The log became a boat with a hollow inside.
People sat in the hollow and paddled across a lake or river. The log floated on top of the water.
What was the boat made from? in the text
What did people do to the middle of the log? in the text
Where did people sit in the canoe? in the text
Where did people paddle the canoe? in the text
Why is it called a dugout canoe? 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.
People made boats long ago. One kind was a dugout canoe.
They found a big log. They dug out the middle. The log became a boat.
People sat in the hollow. They paddled on a lake or river. The log floated.
People made boats long ago. One kind was a dugout canoe.
First, they found a big, strong log. Then they dug out the middle. The log became a boat with a hollow inside.
People sat in the hollow and paddled across a lake or river. The log floated on top of the water.
Many years ago, people built boats in clever ways. One kind of boat was called a dugout canoe.
First, builders searched for a big, strong log. Next, they dug out the middle of it until the log had a hollow space inside, just like a long bowl.
Then people sat in the hollow and paddled across a lake or down a river, while the log floated on top of the water.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 53 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 2.5. 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 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.
Under a 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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