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My Cat Mim

Kindergarten fiction passage about animals: 38 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.

Kindergarten fiction animals 38 words

My Cat Mim

I have a cat. Her name is Mim.

Mim is soft. Mim is little. She likes to nap in the sun. She likes to play with a red ball.

I pat Mim. Mim purrs. I love my cat.

Questions

  1. What is the cat's name? in the text

  2. Where does Mim like to nap? in the text

  3. What color is the ball Mim plays with? in the text

  4. Is Mim a big cat or a little cat? in the text

  5. How do you know Mim feels happy when she is patted? think about it

Words to know

nap
a short sleep in the day
purr
the soft, low hum a cat makes when it is happy
pat
to touch gently with your hand
soft
nice and gentle to touch, not hard

How to use it

  1. Press Read it big (or B) to put the text on the projector, or Full screen (F) to fill the whole screen.
  2. Ask the questions one at a time and use Show answer when the class has decided. A shows or hides every answer.
  3. Print student copy for the class, or Print with answers for yourself.

Ideas for class

  • Before reading, put nap, purr, pat and soft on the board with their meanings from the Words to know section and have students predict what the story will be about.
  • Read it aloud once while students follow along, then have them reread it alone or with a partner. At a calm 100 words a minute it takes under a minute to read aloud.
  • Use the Read it big button (or B) to put the text on the projector, and Show answer on one question at a time so the class commits to an answer first.
  • Question 5 asks the reader to infer. Ask students to point to the words in the passage that led them to their answer.
  • Ask students to retell the story in three sentences: how it began, what the problem was, and how it ended.
  • Print the student copy for independent work and keep the answer-key copy for yourself.

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Questions

What reading level is "My Cat Mim"?

It was written for Kindergarten. It has 38 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.

What do the questions ask?

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.

How long does it take to read?

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.

Can I print it?

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.

Is this passage from a published book?

No. It was written for Peabody Teach, so there is no book to buy and no login to read it.

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