Kindergarten nonfiction passage about ice rink workers: 61 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Skaters glide on the ice all day. Their skates leave tiny scratches. The ice gets rough and bumpy.
Then a driver rides a big machine onto the rink. The machine shaves the top of the ice. It spreads a thin layer of warm water.
The water freezes. The ice is smooth and shiny like a mirror. The skaters can glide again.
What do skates leave on the ice? in the text
What does the machine shave? in the text
What does the machine spread on the ice? in the text
What does the ice look like at the end? in the text
Why does the driver need to smooth the ice? 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.
Skaters glide on ice. Their skates make scratches. The ice gets bumpy.
A driver comes with a big machine. It shaves the top of the ice. It spreads warm water.
The water freezes. The ice is smooth and shiny. Skaters can glide.
Skaters glide on the ice all day. Their skates leave tiny scratches. The ice gets rough and bumpy.
Then a driver rides a big machine onto the rink. The machine shaves the top of the ice. It spreads a thin layer of warm water.
The water freezes. The ice is smooth and shiny like a mirror. The skaters can glide again.
All day long, skaters glide across the ice, and their skates leave behind tiny scratches. Slowly, the ice becomes rough and bumpy.
Then a driver steers a big machine onto the rink. The machine shaves off the top of the ice and spreads a thin layer of warm water over the surface.
As the water freezes, the ice turns smooth and shiny, almost like a mirror. Now the skaters can glide again without any bumps.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 61 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.8. 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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