Kindergarten fiction passage about a bunny with the hiccups: 55 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Bunny went to the library, where it was very quiet, and Bunny tried to be quiet too.
Hic! Bunny had the hiccups.
"Shh," said the book lady.
Hic! Hic! The books on the shelf seemed to jump.
Bunny took a sip of water. Gulp, gulp. The hiccups went away. Now Bunny could read in peace.
Where did Bunny go? in the text
What did Bunny have? in the text
Who said shh? in the text
What made the hiccups go away? in the text
Why did Bunny need to be quiet? 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.
Bunny went in. It was quiet. Bunny sat.
Hic! Bunny had the hiccups.
"Shh," said the book lady.
Hic! Hic! Bunny took a sip of water. The hiccups were gone. Bunny read.
Bunny went to the library, where it was very quiet, and Bunny tried to be quiet too.
Hic! Bunny had the hiccups.
"Shh," said the book lady.
Hic! Hic! The books on the shelf seemed to jump.
Bunny took a sip of water. Gulp, gulp. The hiccups went away. Now Bunny could read in peace.
Bunny hopped into the library, where everything was calm and very quiet. Bunny tried hard to be quiet too.
Then, hic! Bunny had the hiccups.
"Shh," whispered the book lady.
Hic! Hic! Each hiccup made the books on the shelf seem to jump. At last Bunny took a long sip of cold water, and the hiccups went away. Now Bunny could read in peace.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 55 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.4. 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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