Kindergarten fiction passage about a day where everything is backwards: 63 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Ben said, "Today is Backwards Day!"
He put his shirt on backwards. He put his shoes on the wrong feet. He walked backwards to the kitchen.
"Time for supper!" said Ben. He ate eggs for supper. Then he said "Good night" at noon.
Mom laughed. "Your Backwards Day is silly," she said. "Now turn around, Ben. You are about to bump the door."
What kind of day did Ben say it was? in the text
How did Ben put on his shirt? in the text
How did Ben walk to the kitchen? in the text
What did Mom say about Ben's day? in the text
Why did Mom tell Ben to turn around? 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 said, "Today is Backwards Day!"
He put his shirt on backwards. He walked backwards to the kitchen.
"Time for supper!" said Ben. He ate eggs. Then he said "Good night" at noon.
Mom laughed. "That is silly. Turn around, Ben! You will bump the door."
Ben said, "Today is Backwards Day!"
He put his shirt on backwards. He put his shoes on the wrong feet. He walked backwards to the kitchen.
"Time for supper!" said Ben. He ate eggs for supper. Then he said "Good night" at noon.
Mom laughed. "Your Backwards Day is silly," she said. "Now turn around, Ben. You are about to bump the door."
Ben woke up and shouted, "Today is Backwards Day!"
He put his shirt on backwards, and he put his shoes on the wrong feet. Then he walked backwards all the way to the kitchen.
"Time for supper!" Ben announced, and he ate eggs for supper in the morning. Later he said "Good night" at noon.
Mom laughed. "Your Backwards Day is very silly," she said. "Now turn around, Ben, before you bump into the door."
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 63 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.5. 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.
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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