Day and Night
The sun is up in the day. The sky is bright.
At night the sky is dark. We see the moon and the stars.
Earth turns. It turns all the time. Our side turns toward the sun for day. Our side turns away from the sun for night.
Day and Night
Kindergarten nonfiction passage about the Earth and sun: 48 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Questions
When is the sun up in the sky? in the text
What do we see in the sky at night? in the text
What does the Earth do all the time? in the text
Is the sky bright or dark at night? in the text
Why is it dark at night? think about it
Words to know
- sun
- the big, bright star that gives Earth light and heat
- Earth
- the planet where we live
- stars
- tiny bright lights you can see in the night sky
- turns
- goes around, like a wheel
How to use it
- Press Read it big (or B) to put the text on the projector, or Full screen (F) to fill the whole screen.
- Ask the questions one at a time and use Show answer when the class has decided. A shows or hides every answer.
- Print student copy for the class, or Print with answers for yourself.
Ideas for class
- Before reading, put sun, Earth, stars and turns on the board with their meanings from the Words to know section and have students predict what the text will be about.
- Read it aloud once while students follow along, then have them reread it alone or with a partner. At a calm 100 words a minute it takes under a minute to read aloud.
- Use the Read it big button (or B) to put the text on the projector, and Show answer on one question at a time so the class commits to an answer first.
- Question 5 asks the reader to infer. Ask students to point to the words in the passage that led them to their answer.
- Ask students to write one question the passage did not answer, then look for the answer in a book or on a classroom screen.
- Print the student copy for independent work and keep the answer-key copy for yourself.
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Questions
What reading level is "Day and Night"?
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 48 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.
What do the questions ask?
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.
How long does it take to read?
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.
Can I print it?
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.
Is this passage from a published book?
No. It was written for Peabody Teach, so there is no book to buy and no login to read it.
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