Kindergarten fiction passage about a tiny robot in the moss: 67 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Under a big oak tree was a lawn of green moss. A tiny robot named Dot lived there. Dot was no bigger than a bean.
Each day Dot trimmed the moss. Buzz, buzz! The moss looked neat.
One day it rained. Dot got wet and could not roll. A snail came by. "Climb up," said the snail. Dot rode on the snail's shell. Dot got home dry.
Where did the tiny robot live? in the text
How big was Dot? in the text
What was Dot's job each day? in the text
Who helped Dot in the rain? in the text
Why did Dot ride on the snail? 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 moss lawn grew under an oak tree. A tiny robot, Dot, lived there. Dot was as small as a bean.
Each day Dot cut the moss. Buzz, buzz! The moss was neat.
One day it rained. Dot got wet. Dot could not roll. A snail said, "Climb up." Dot rode on the shell. Dot got home dry.
Under a big oak tree was a lawn of green moss. A tiny robot named Dot lived there. Dot was no bigger than a bean.
Each day Dot trimmed the moss. Buzz, buzz! The moss looked neat.
One day it rained. Dot got wet and could not roll. A snail came by. "Climb up," said the snail. Dot rode on the snail's shell. Dot got home dry.
Beneath a big oak tree stretched a lawn of soft green moss. A tiny robot named Dot lived there, and Dot was no bigger than a bean.
Every day Dot trimmed the moss. Buzz, buzz! The whole lawn looked neat and tidy.
One afternoon it started to rain. Dot got soaked and could not roll. A kind snail slid over and said, "Climb up." Dot rode home on the snail's shell and stayed dry.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 67 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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