Kindergarten nonfiction passage about how a river flows: 49 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A river starts small. High on a hill, rain drips into a tiny stream.
The stream runs down. It joins other streams. Now it is bigger. Now it is a river.
The river runs past fields and towns. Water always flows down.
At last, the river reaches the sea.
How does a river start? in the text
What makes the stream bigger? in the text
Which way does water flow? in the text
Where does the river end? in the text
Why does a river keep moving? 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.
A river starts small. High on a hill, rain drips. It makes a tiny stream.
The stream runs down. It joins more streams. Now it is a river.
The river runs by fields and towns. Water flows down.
The river reaches the sea.
A river starts small. High on a hill, rain drips into a tiny stream.
The stream runs down. It joins other streams. Now it is bigger. Now it is a river.
The river runs past fields and towns. Water always flows down.
At last, the river reaches the sea.
Every river begins as something very small. High on a hill, rain drips into a tiny stream.
The stream tumbles downhill and joins other streams along the way. Little by little it grows wider, and now it is a river.
The river winds past green fields and busy towns, because water always flows downhill. At last, the river reaches the sea.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 49 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.0. 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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