Kindergarten nonfiction passage about emperor penguin dads: 51 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
It is very cold where emperor penguins live. There is snow and ice.
A penguin mom lays one egg. Then dad holds it on top of his feet. A warm flap of skin covers it.
Dad stands still for a long time. The egg stays warm. Soon a chick comes out!
Where do emperor penguins live? in the text
How many eggs does a penguin mom lay? in the text
Where does dad hold the egg? in the text
What comes out of the egg? in the text
Why does the egg need a warm flap of skin? 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.
It is cold where emperor penguins live. There is snow and ice.
Mom lays one egg. Dad holds it on his feet. A warm flap covers it.
Dad stands still. The egg stays warm. Soon a chick comes out!
It is very cold where emperor penguins live. There is snow and ice.
A penguin mom lays one egg. Then dad holds it on top of his feet. A warm flap of skin covers it.
Dad stands still for a long time. The egg stays warm. Soon a chick comes out!
Emperor penguins live in a place that is extremely cold and covered with snow and ice.
A penguin mother lays a single egg. Then the father carefully holds it on top of his feet, and a warm flap of skin folds over it.
The father stands still for a long time so that the egg stays warm. After a while, a tiny chick comes out!
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 51 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.
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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