Kindergarten fiction passage about a new kid on the school bus: 70 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Lena loves the seat by the bus window. She sits there every day.
Today a new girl gets on. Her name is Ana. She looks down. She holds her bag tight.
Lena sees no seats left. Only Lena has room.
"Sit here," says Lena. She slides over, so Ana can have the window.
Ana looks out and smiles. A dog runs by. They both wave. Lena likes the aisle too.
Where does Lena like to sit? in the text
What is the new girl's name? in the text
What does Lena say to Ana? in the text
What runs by the window? in the text
Why does Ana smile? 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.
Lena loves the seat by the bus window. She sits there each day.
Today a new girl gets on. Her name is Ana. She looks down. She holds her bag tight.
No seats are left. Only Lena has room.
"Sit here," says Lena. She slides over. Ana gets the window.
Ana smiles. A dog runs by. They wave.
Lena loves the seat by the bus window. She sits there every day.
Today a new girl gets on. Her name is Ana. She looks down. She holds her bag tight.
Lena sees no seats left. Only Lena has room.
"Sit here," says Lena. She slides over, so Ana can have the window.
Ana looks out and smiles. A dog runs by. They both wave. Lena likes the aisle too.
Lena loves the seat next to the bus window, and she sits there every single morning.
Today a new girl climbs onto the bus. Her name is Ana. She keeps her eyes on the floor and holds her bag very tightly.
Lena notices that every seat is taken, except for the one beside her.
"Please sit here," says Lena. She slides over so that Ana can have the window.
Ana looks outside and smiles. A dog runs past, and the two girls wave at it together. Lena finds that she likes the aisle seat, too.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 70 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.5. 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.
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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