Kindergarten fiction passage about a plant chore at school: 57 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Mina's class had bean seeds in cups. Each day, a kid got the water job. Today it was Mina.
She took the little can. She poured slow. Splash! She poured too much. Water ran out of the cup.
Teacher said, "Just a sip for a seed." Mina poured less in the next cup. The beans looked happy.
What was in the cups? in the text
What was Mina's job? in the text
What happened when she poured too much? in the text
What did Teacher say a seed needs? in the text
What did Mina learn about watering? 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.
Mina's class had seeds in cups. Each day, a kid got the water job. Today it was Mina.
She took the can. She poured. Splash! Too much! Water ran out.
Teacher said, "A seed needs just a sip." Mina poured less.
Mina's class had bean seeds in cups. Each day, a kid got the water job. Today it was Mina.
She took the little can. She poured slow. Splash! She poured too much. Water ran out of the cup.
Teacher said, "Just a sip for a seed." Mina poured less in the next cup. The beans looked happy.
Mina's class was growing bean seeds in small paper cups. Every day, a different child had the important job of watering them, and today it was Mina's turn.
She lifted the little watering can and poured. Splash! She poured far too much, and water ran over the edge of the cup.
"A seed only needs a sip," Teacher explained kindly. Mina poured much less into the next cup, and the beans looked happy.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 57 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.1. 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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