Kindergarten nonfiction passage about ramps: 53 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A ramp is a flat board that slants. One end is high. One end is low.
Ben sets a toy car at the top. Zoom! The car rolls down by itself.
A ramp helps people too. It lets a cart roll up to a door. Rolling up a ramp is easier than lifting.
What is a ramp? in the text
Where does Ben set the car? in the text
What does the car do? in the text
Where can a ramp help a cart go? in the text
Why is a ramp easier than lifting a cart? 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.
A ramp is a board that slants. One end is high. One end is low.
Ben sets a toy car at the top. Zoom! It rolls down.
A ramp helps a cart go up to a door. It is easy to roll up.
A ramp is a flat board that slants. One end is high. One end is low.
Ben sets a toy car at the top. Zoom! The car rolls down by itself.
A ramp helps people too. It lets a cart roll up to a door. Rolling up a ramp is easier than lifting.
A ramp is a flat board that slants, so that one end is high and the other end is low.
Ben sets his toy car at the top of the ramp. Zoom! The car rolls all the way down without anyone pushing it.
A ramp can also help people. It lets someone roll a heavy cart up to a door. Rolling a cart up a ramp is much easier than lifting it.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 53 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about below 1. 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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