Kindergarten nonfiction passage about patterns in socks: 62 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A pattern is a thing that repeats. It goes the same way again and again.
My socks have stripes, and one stripe is red while the next stripe is blue. Then comes red, and then blue.
Red, blue, red, blue. I can guess the next stripe. It is red!
I see patterns on my socks. I see them on a fence too.
What is a pattern? in the text
What is on the socks? in the text
What color is the stripe after red? in the text
Where else do I see patterns? in the text
After blue, the next stripe is red. How do I know? 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.
A pattern repeats.
My socks have a red stripe. Then a blue one. Red, blue, red, blue.
The next one is red!
I see patterns on a fence too.
A pattern is a thing that repeats. It goes the same way again and again.
My socks have stripes, and one stripe is red while the next stripe is blue. Then comes red, and then blue.
Red, blue, red, blue. I can guess the next stripe. It is red!
I see patterns on my socks. I see them on a fence too.
A pattern is something that repeats in the same order again and again.
Look closely at my striped socks. One stripe is red, and the next stripe is blue. Then the red comes back, and then the blue comes back.
Red, blue, red, blue. Because I can see the pattern, I can guess the next stripe. It will be red!
I notice patterns on my socks, and I notice them on a fence too.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 62 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.0. 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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