Kindergarten fiction passage about a puzzle of wet footprints: 71 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Mia saw wet footprints on the floor. They went from the door to the hall.
"Who made them?" said Mia. She looked close. The prints were round and big. They had little dots at the front.
Mia followed the prints. They went to the tub. Her dog Bo sat in the tub. His paws were wet and he was smiling.
"It was you, Bo!" said Mia. She gave him a towel.
What did Mia see on the floor? in the text
Where did the footprints go? in the text
Who sat in the tub? in the text
What did Mia give Bo? in the text
How did Mia know the prints were from a dog? 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.
Mia saw wet prints. They went from the door to the hall.
"Who did this?" said Mia. The prints were big and round.
Mia went after them. They went to the tub. Bo sat in the tub. His paws were wet.
"It was you, Bo!" said Mia. She got a towel.
Mia saw wet footprints on the floor. They went from the door to the hall.
"Who made them?" said Mia. She looked close. The prints were round and big. They had little dots at the front.
Mia followed the prints. They went to the tub. Her dog Bo sat in the tub. His paws were wet and he was smiling.
"It was you, Bo!" said Mia. She gave him a towel.
Mia noticed wet footprints on the kitchen floor. They led from the back door all the way down the hall.
"Who could have made these?" Mia wondered. She looked closely. The prints were big and round, with tiny dots at the front.
Mia followed the trail until she reached the bathroom. Her dog Bo was sitting in the tub with wet paws, and he looked very pleased.
"It was you, Bo!" said Mia, and she gave him a fluffy towel.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 71 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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