Kindergarten nonfiction passage about how a flashlight works: 40 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A flashlight makes light in the dark. Inside are small batteries. The batteries give power.
Push the switch. Click! The power goes to the bulb. The bulb glows.
Push the switch again. Click! The bulb goes dark. The batteries rest.
What is inside a flashlight? in the text
What do the batteries give? in the text
What do you push to turn it on? in the text
What glows when the power reaches it? in the text
Why would you want a flashlight at night? 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.
A flashlight makes light. Inside are batteries. They give power.
Push the switch. Click! The bulb glows.
Push it again. Click! The bulb is dark.
A flashlight makes light in the dark. Inside are small batteries. The batteries give power.
Push the switch. Click! The power goes to the bulb. The bulb glows.
Push the switch again. Click! The bulb goes dark. The batteries rest.
A flashlight lets you see when the room or the night is dark. Inside its handle are small batteries that supply power.
When you push the switch, you hear a click. The power travels to the bulb, and the bulb begins to glow.
When you push the switch a second time, the power stops. The bulb goes dark, and the batteries get to rest.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 40 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.9. 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.
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