Kindergarten fiction passage about zipping a coat: 58 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Nina had a red coat. The zipper was big and stiff. Nina wanted to zip it by herself.
She tried. The zipper did not go. She tried again. It stuck at her belly.
Then Nina held the bottom tight with one hand. She pulled the top up with the other hand. Zip! The coat was shut. Nina grinned.
What color was the coat? in the text
What did Nina want to do? in the text
Where did the zipper stick? in the text
What did Nina hold tight? in the text
Why did Nina grin at the end? 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.
Nina had a red coat. The zipper was stiff. Nina wanted to zip it.
She tried. It did not go. She tried again. It stuck.
Nina held the bottom. She pulled the top up. Zip! Nina grinned.
Nina had a red coat. The zipper was big and stiff. Nina wanted to zip it by herself.
She tried. The zipper did not go. She tried again. It stuck at her belly.
Then Nina held the bottom tight with one hand. She pulled the top up with the other hand. Zip! The coat was shut. Nina grinned.
Nina owned a bright red coat with a big, stiff zipper. She wanted to zip it all by herself, without any help from a grown-up.
She tried once, but the zipper would not budge. She tried a second time, and it jammed near her belly.
Finally, Nina pinched the bottom tightly with one hand and pulled the top upward with the other. Zip! The coat closed, and Nina grinned from ear to ear.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 58 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.5. 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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