Kindergarten nonfiction passage about ferry captains: 57 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A ferry is a big boat. It takes people and cars across the water. There is no bridge, so the ferry helps.
The captain steers the ferry. A deckhand ties the ropes. Cars drive on. People walk on.
The horn goes toot. The ferry slides over the waves. Soon it bumps the dock on the other side.
What does a ferry carry across the water? in the text
Who steers the ferry? in the text
What does the deckhand do? in the text
What sound does the horn make? in the text
Why do people take a ferry? 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 ferry is a big boat. It takes people and cars over the water. There is no bridge.
The captain steers. A deckhand ties the ropes. Cars drive on. People walk on.
Toot! The ferry goes over the waves. It bumps the dock.
A ferry is a big boat. It takes people and cars across the water. There is no bridge, so the ferry helps.
The captain steers the ferry. A deckhand ties the ropes. Cars drive on. People walk on.
The horn goes toot. The ferry slides over the waves. Soon it bumps the dock on the other side.
A ferry is a large boat that carries people and cars across the water. Because there is no bridge, the ferry is the only way to get to the other side.
The captain steers the ferry while a deckhand ties up the thick ropes. First the cars drive aboard, and then the people walk on.
With a loud toot of its horn, the ferry glides over the waves. Before long, it gently bumps the dock on the far side of the bay.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 57 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.3. 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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