Kindergarten nonfiction passage about earning money by working: 63 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Rosa sees leaves in her neighbor's yard. Her neighbor is old and cannot rake the leaves without help.
Rosa asks, "May I rake your leaves?" The neighbor says yes.
Rosa rakes the leaves into a big pile. It is hard work, and she feels tired.
The neighbor gives Rosa two coins. That is her pay. Rosa earned the coins by doing a job.
What does Rosa see in the yard? in the text
What does Rosa ask her neighbor? in the text
What does the neighbor give Rosa? in the text
How does Rosa feel after she rakes? in the text
How did Rosa earn her coins? 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.
Rosa sees leaves. The yard is her neighbor's. He is old.
Rosa asks, "May I rake?" He says yes.
Rosa rakes. She is tired.
The neighbor gives Rosa two coins. Rosa earned them.
Rosa sees leaves in her neighbor's yard. Her neighbor is old and cannot rake the leaves without help.
Rosa asks, "May I rake your leaves?" The neighbor says yes.
Rosa rakes the leaves into a big pile. It is hard work, and she feels tired.
The neighbor gives Rosa two coins. That is her pay. Rosa earned the coins by doing a job.
Rosa notices a lot of leaves in her neighbor's yard. Her neighbor is old and cannot rake them without help.
Rosa asks politely, "May I rake your leaves?" The neighbor happily says yes.
Rosa rakes the leaves into one big pile. It is hard work, and by the end she feels tired.
Then the neighbor hands Rosa two coins as her pay. Rosa earned those coins by doing a job.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 63 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.4. 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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