Kindergarten nonfiction passage about yawning: 71 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Pip is a pup. Pip played all day. Now Pip is tired. Pip opens his mouth wide. Ahhh! That is a yawn.
People yawn too. We yawn when we are sleepy. We take in a big breath. Then we let it out.
A yawn can spread. If I yawn, you may yawn! Is it true? Let us see.
After a yawn, Pip lies down. He shuts his eyes. Good night, Pip!
What is the name of the pup? in the text
What does Pip do when he is tired? in the text
When do people yawn? in the text
What can happen if I yawn near you? in the text
Why does Pip lie down after the yawn? 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 is a pup. Pip ran all day. Pip is tired. Pip opens his mouth. Ahhh! A yawn.
We yawn too. We yawn if we are sleepy.
If I yawn, you may yawn!
Pip lies down. Pip shuts his eyes.
Pip is a pup. Pip played all day. Now Pip is tired. Pip opens his mouth wide. Ahhh! That is a yawn.
People yawn too. We yawn when we are sleepy. We take in a big breath. Then we let it out.
A yawn can spread. If I yawn, you may yawn! Is it true? Let us see.
After a yawn, Pip lies down. He shuts his eyes. Good night, Pip!
Pip is a playful pup, and he ran and played all day long. Now Pip is very tired, so he opens his mouth wide and lets out a big yawn. Ahhh!
People yawn too. We yawn when we are feeling sleepy, because we take in a big breath and then let it out slowly.
A yawn can even spread from one person to another. If I yawn, you might yawn as well! Is that really true? Let us see.
After his yawn, Pip lies down and shuts his eyes. Good night, Pip!
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 71 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.
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