Kindergarten nonfiction passage about a school crossing guard: 53 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A crossing guard helps kids cross the street. She wears a bright vest. Cars can see the vest from far away.
She holds up a stop sign. The cars stop. Then she waves us across.
We look both ways. We walk, and we do not run. We say thank you to the guard.
Who helps kids cross the street? in the text
What does the guard wear? in the text
What does she hold up? in the text
What do we say to the guard? in the text
Why is the vest bright? 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 guard helps kids cross the street. She has a bright vest. Cars see it.
She holds up a stop sign. The cars stop. Then we go.
We look. We walk. We say thank you.
A crossing guard helps kids cross the street. She wears a bright vest. Cars can see the vest from far away.
She holds up a stop sign. The cars stop. Then she waves us across.
We look both ways. We walk, and we do not run. We say thank you to the guard.
A crossing guard helps children get across a busy street. She wears a bright vest so that drivers can see her from far away.
She lifts a stop sign, and the cars stop. Then she waves the children across.
We look both ways and we walk carefully, and we always say thank you to the guard.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 53 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.
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.
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