Kindergarten nonfiction passage about measuring with small things: 62 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
How long is my boot? I can find out.
I get some paper clips. I line them up in a row. I start at the toe. The clips stop at the heel.
I count the clips. My boot is six paper clips long.
My dad has a bigger boot. His boot needs more clips. We can use clips to measure many things.
What do I use to measure my boot? in the text
Where do I start to line up the clips? in the text
How long is my boot? in the text
Whose boot is bigger? in the text
Will my dad's boot need more clips or fewer clips? 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.
How long is my boot? I can find out.
I line up paper clips in a row. I start at the toe. I stop at the heel.
I count the clips. My boot is six clips long.
Dad has a big boot. His boot needs more clips.
How long is my boot? I can find out.
I get some paper clips. I line them up in a row. I start at the toe. The clips stop at the heel.
I count the clips. My boot is six paper clips long.
My dad has a bigger boot. His boot needs more clips. We can use clips to measure many things.
How long is my boot? I can measure it to find out.
First I gather some paper clips and line them up in a straight row. I begin at the toe, and the row of clips ends at the heel.
Then I count the clips. My boot is six paper clips long.
My dad has a much bigger boot, so his boot will need more clips. We can use small things like clips to measure all kinds of objects.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 62 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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