Kindergarten fiction passage about a mouse and a round door: 68 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Pip the mouse saw a round door in the barn wall. It was white and shiny like the moon.
"What is behind it?" said Pip. She pushed. It did not open. She pulled. It did not open.
Then she turned the door in a circle. Click! It opened.
Behind it was a nest of soft hay. It was a cozy bed. Pip curled up and slept all afternoon.
What did Pip see in the barn wall? in the text
What did the door look like? in the text
How did Pip open the door? in the text
What was behind the door? in the text
Why did Pip sleep in the nest? 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.
Pip the mouse saw a round door in the barn. It was white and shiny like the moon.
Pip pushed. It did not open. Pip pulled. It did not open.
Then she turned the door in a circle. Click! It opened.
Behind it was soft hay. It was a cozy bed. Pip slept.
Pip the mouse saw a round door in the barn wall. It was white and shiny like the moon.
"What is behind it?" said Pip. She pushed. It did not open. She pulled. It did not open.
Then she turned the door in a circle. Click! It opened.
Behind it was a nest of soft hay. It was a cozy bed. Pip curled up and slept all afternoon.
Pip the mouse noticed a perfectly round door in the wall of the old barn. It was white and shiny, just like the moon.
"I wonder what is hiding behind it," said Pip. She pushed with all her might, but it did not open. She pulled, but it still did not open.
Finally she turned the whole door around in a circle. Click! It swung open.
Behind it was a nest of soft hay, a cozy bed for a tired mouse. Pip curled up and slept all afternoon.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 68 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.
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.
About 1 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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