Kindergarten fiction passage about a tall tale about a huge bean: 59 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Grandpa told me a tale. "I grew a bean," he said. "It was as big as a barn!"
"No way," I said.
"It is true," said Grandpa. "It was too big for the pot. We used a big, big tub. Then we all had bean soup. The whole town did!"
I grinned. "Was it good?"
"The best," said Grandpa.
What did Grandpa say he grew? in the text
What was too big for the pot? in the text
Who had bean soup? in the text
What did Grandpa use to cook the bean? in the text
Do you think the bean was really that big? Why? 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.
Grandpa told me a tale. "I grew a bean," he said. "It was as big as a barn!"
"No way," I said.
"It was too big for the pot. We used a tub. The whole town had bean soup!"
I grinned. "Was it good?"
"The best," said Grandpa.
Grandpa told me a tale. "I grew a bean," he said. "It was as big as a barn!"
"No way," I said.
"It is true," said Grandpa. "It was too big for the pot. We used a big, big tub. Then we all had bean soup. The whole town did!"
I grinned. "Was it good?"
"The best," said Grandpa.
Grandpa leaned back in his chair and told me a tale. "Once I grew a bean," he said, "and it was as big as a barn!"
"No way," I said with a laugh.
"It is the truth," said Grandpa. "That bean was too big for any pot, so we cooked it in an enormous tub. Then the whole town sat down to bean soup."
I grinned. "Was it good?"
"The best I ever tasted," said Grandpa.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 59 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.
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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