Kindergarten fiction passage about a dad who mixes up words: 65 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
It was bedtime. Dad was very sleepy.
"Time to brush your pillow," he said.
"Dad!" said Lu. "You brush teeth."
"Right," said Dad. "Now put your head on the pickle."
Lu giggled. "A pillow, Dad! Not a pickle!"
"Oh my," said Dad. "I need to sleep too." Lu gave him a hug. Then he gave her a kiss. "Good night, my sweet pickle," he said.
What time of day was it? in the text
What did Dad say to brush? in the text
What did Dad say to put her head on? in the text
What did Lu do when Dad made a mistake? in the text
Why did Dad mix up his words? 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.
It was bedtime. Dad was sleepy.
"Time to brush your pillow," he said.
"Dad!" said Lu. "You brush teeth."
"Right. Now put your head on the pickle."
Lu giggled. "A pillow, Dad!"
"Oh my," said Dad. "I need to sleep too." He gave Lu a hug.
It was bedtime. Dad was very sleepy.
"Time to brush your pillow," he said.
"Dad!" said Lu. "You brush teeth."
"Right," said Dad. "Now put your head on the pickle."
Lu giggled. "A pillow, Dad! Not a pickle!"
"Oh my," said Dad. "I need to sleep too." Lu gave him a hug. Then he gave her a kiss. "Good night, my sweet pickle," he said.
It was bedtime, and Dad was so sleepy that his words got tangled.
"Time to brush your pillow," he said.
"Dad!" said Lu. "You are supposed to brush your teeth."
"Right," said Dad. "Now put your head on the pickle."
Lu giggled. "A pillow, Dad! Not a pickle!"
"Oh my," said Dad with a yawn. "I need to sleep too." Lu gave him a big hug, and he whispered, "Good night, my sweet pickle."
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 65 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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