Kindergarten nonfiction passage about sun safety: 84 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
The sun is big and bright today. It feels good. But the sun can hurt my skin and my eyes.
So I get ready. I put on a hat with a wide brim. The brim makes shade on my face. I put on sunglasses. They help my eyes.
Mom puts sun cream on my arms and legs. It goes on cool and white. Then it goes clear.
When I get hot, I sit in the shade. I drink some water. Now I can play!
What can the sun hurt? in the text
What does the hat brim make? in the text
Who puts sun cream on the child? in the text
What does the child drink in the shade? in the text
Why does the child sit in the shade when hot? 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.
The sun is bright. It feels good. But it can hurt my skin and eyes.
I put on a hat. The brim makes shade. I put on sunglasses.
Mom puts cream on my arms. It is cool.
When I am hot, I sit in the shade. I drink water. Now I can play!
The sun is big and bright today. It feels good. But the sun can hurt my skin and my eyes.
So I get ready. I put on a hat with a wide brim. The brim makes shade on my face. I put on sunglasses. They help my eyes.
Mom puts sun cream on my arms and legs. It goes on cool and white. Then it goes clear.
When I get hot, I sit in the shade. I drink some water. Now I can play!
The sun is big and bright today, and it feels wonderful. However, the sun can hurt my skin and my eyes, so I get ready before I go outside.
First, I put on a hat with a wide brim, which makes shade across my face. Then I put on my sunglasses to help protect my eyes.
My mom spreads sun cream over my arms and legs. It goes on cool and white, and then it turns clear.
When I start to feel hot, I rest in the shade and drink some water. Then I am ready to play again!
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 84 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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