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My Five Senses

Kindergarten nonfiction passage about the body: 36 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.

Kindergarten nonfiction the body 36 words

My Five Senses

I have five senses.

I see with my eyes. I hear with my ears. I smell with my nose.

I taste with my tongue. I touch with my hands.

My senses help me know the world.

Questions

  1. What do you see with? in the text

  2. What do you hear with? in the text

  3. Which sense do you use with your nose? in the text

  4. How many senses do you have? in the text

  5. Which senses can you use to learn about a puppy? think about it

Words to know

senses
the ways your body learns about the world: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch
taste
to know what food is like with your tongue
smell
to know what is near you with your nose
touch
to feel something with your hands or skin

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 senses, taste, smell and touch on the board with their meanings from the Words to know section and have students predict what the text 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 write one question the passage did not answer, then look for the answer in a book or on a classroom screen.
  • 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 Five Senses"?

It was written for Kindergarten. It has 36 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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