Kindergarten nonfiction passage about dog groomers: 57 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A dog groomer cleans dogs. First, she gives the dog a bath. Splash! The dog gets soap and then warm water.
Next, she dries the fur with a towel. She brushes out the tangles. Last, she trims the nails.
The dog is clean and fluffy. The dog wags its tail. A good groomer is kind and gentle.
What does the groomer do first? in the text
What does she use to dry the fur? in the text
What does she trim at the end? in the text
What does the dog do when it is done? in the text
Why should a groomer be gentle? 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 groomer cleans dogs. First, the dog gets a bath. Splash! Soap and warm water.
Next, she dries the fur. She brushes it. She trims the nails.
The dog is clean. It wags its tail. A groomer is kind.
A dog groomer cleans dogs. First, she gives the dog a bath. Splash! The dog gets soap and then warm water.
Next, she dries the fur with a towel. She brushes out the tangles. Last, she trims the nails.
The dog is clean and fluffy. The dog wags its tail. A good groomer is kind and gentle.
A dog groomer keeps dogs clean and comfortable. She begins with a bath, and the dog is scrubbed with soap and rinsed with warm water. Splash!
Next, she dries the fur with a towel and brushes out all the tangles. Finally, she trims the dog's nails so they are short and neat.
When the groomer is finished, the dog is clean and fluffy, and its tail wags happily. A good groomer is always kind and gentle with every dog.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 57 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.1. 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.
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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