Kindergarten fiction passage about practicing a throw: 56 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
In gym, Lulu had to toss a beanbag into a hoop. Her first toss went left. Her next toss went right. One went behind her!
Coach said, "Look at the hoop. Swing your arm like a swing." Lulu looked. She swung her arm slow.
Plop! The beanbag landed in the hoop. Lulu jumped up and down.
What did Lulu have to toss? in the text
Where was she supposed to toss it? in the text
Where did her first toss go? in the text
What did Coach tell her to look at? in the text
Why did Lulu jump up and down? 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.
In gym, Lulu had to toss a beanbag into a hoop. Her toss went left. Her next toss went right.
Coach said, "Look at the hoop. Swing your arm slow."
Lulu looked. She swung slow. Plop! The beanbag landed in the hoop. Lulu jumped for joy.
In gym, Lulu had to toss a beanbag into a hoop. Her first toss went left. Her next toss went right. One went behind her!
Coach said, "Look at the hoop. Swing your arm like a swing." Lulu looked. She swung her arm slow.
Plop! The beanbag landed in the hoop. Lulu jumped up and down.
During gym class, Lulu had to toss a beanbag into a round hoop on the floor. Her first toss sailed off to the left. Her second drifted to the right, and a third one flew behind her entirely!
"Keep your eyes on the hoop and swing your arm slowly," advised Coach. Lulu stared at the hoop and swung carefully. Plop! The beanbag dropped right inside, and Lulu leaped up and down with delight.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 56 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.
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