Kindergarten nonfiction passage about traffic light colors: 49 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A traffic light has three colors. Each color is a rule for cars.
Red means stop. Green means go. Yellow means get ready to stop.
Walkers have a light too. A little hand means wait. A little walking person means you may cross. The lights help everyone stay safe.
How many colors does a traffic light have? in the text
What does red mean? in the text
What does green mean? in the text
What does a little hand mean? in the text
Why do we need traffic lights? 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 traffic light has three colors. Each color is a rule.
Red means stop. Green means go. Yellow means get ready to stop.
Walkers have a light too. A hand means wait. A walking man means cross. Lights keep us safe.
A traffic light has three colors. Each color is a rule for cars.
Red means stop. Green means go. Yellow means get ready to stop.
Walkers have a light too. A little hand means wait. A little walking person means you may cross. The lights help everyone stay safe.
A traffic light shows three colors, and each color gives drivers a rule to follow.
Red means stop, and green means go. Yellow is a warning that the light will soon turn red, so cars should get ready to stop.
People who walk have a light of their own. A little hand tells them to wait, and a little walking person tells them it is time to cross. These lights keep everyone safe.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 49 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.5. 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.
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