Kindergarten nonfiction passage about saving money a little at a time: 59 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Ben wants a green kite. The kite costs more than he has.
So Ben saves. Each week he puts a coin in a jar. He does not spend it. He waits.
The jar gets heavy. Ben counts the coins. At last he has enough.
Ben buys the green kite. It flies high. Saving a little at a time worked.
What does Ben want? in the text
Where does Ben put his coins? in the text
How often does Ben add a coin? in the text
What does Ben buy at last? in the text
Why did Ben not spend his coins right away? 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.
Ben wants a green kite. It costs more than he has.
So Ben saves. Each week he puts a coin in a jar. He does not spend it.
At last he has enough. Ben buys the kite. It flies high.
Ben wants a green kite. The kite costs more than he has.
So Ben saves. Each week he puts a coin in a jar. He does not spend it. He waits.
The jar gets heavy. Ben counts the coins. At last he has enough.
Ben buys the green kite. It flies high. Saving a little at a time worked.
Ben wants a green kite, but the kite costs more money than he has in his pocket.
So Ben decides to save. Every week he drops one coin into a jar, and he does not spend it. He is patient and he waits.
Slowly the jar grows heavy. When Ben counts the coins, he finally has enough. He buys the green kite, and it flies high. Saving a little at a time really worked.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 59 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.
Yes. Print student copy gives the passage, the questions with lines to write on, and the word meanings. Print with answers gives the same page with the answers filled in. Both are made in your browser.
No. It was written for Peabody Teach, so there is no book to buy and no login to read it.
Nothing you do here is sent to us. No sign-in, no ads.