Kindergarten fiction passage about learning to whistle: 60 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Bo's big sister could whistle. Bo wanted to whistle too.
He made his lips small and blew. Fff. Just air came out. He tried at lunch. Fff. He tried in the bath. Fff.
At bedtime, Bo tried once more. He made his lips very small. He blew soft. Tweet! It was a little whistle. Bo ran to tell his sister.
Who could whistle? in the text
What came out when Bo first blew? in the text
When did Bo try one more time? in the text
What sound did the whistle make? in the text
Why did Bo run to tell his sister? 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.
Bo's sister could whistle. Bo wanted to whistle too.
He made his lips small and blew. Fff. Just air. He tried at lunch. Fff. He tried in the bath. Fff.
At bedtime, Bo tried once more. He blew soft. Tweet! Bo ran to tell his sister.
Bo's big sister could whistle. Bo wanted to whistle too.
He made his lips small and blew. Fff. Just air came out. He tried at lunch. Fff. He tried in the bath. Fff.
At bedtime, Bo tried once more. He made his lips very small. He blew soft. Tweet! It was a little whistle. Bo ran to tell his sister.
Bo's older sister could whistle beautifully, and Bo desperately wanted to learn. He puckered his lips and blew, but only a puff of air escaped. He practiced at lunch. Fff. He practiced in the bath. Fff.
Just before bedtime, Bo tried one last time. He shaped his lips into a tiny circle and blew very gently. Tweet! A small, shaky whistle floated out, and Bo dashed off to tell his sister.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 60 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.
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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