Kindergarten fiction passage about helping a neighbor: 62 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Snow fell all night. In the morning, Nia looks out the window. Her neighbor, Mr. Ortiz, is old. His steps are full of snow.
Nia grabs her small shovel. She goes next door. Scoop, scoop, scoop! The steps are clear.
Mr. Ortiz opens the door. "Thank you!" he says. He gives her a warm cup of cocoa. Good neighbors help each other.
When did the snow fall? in the text
Who is Nia's neighbor? in the text
What does Nia grab? in the text
What does Mr. Ortiz give her? in the text
Why does Nia clear the steps? 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.
Snow fell all night. Nia looks out. Her neighbor, Mr. Ortiz, is old. His steps are full of snow.
Nia gets her small shovel. She goes next door. Scoop, scoop! The steps are clear.
Mr. Ortiz says, "Thank you!" He gives her warm cocoa. Good neighbors help.
Snow fell all night. In the morning, Nia looks out the window. Her neighbor, Mr. Ortiz, is old. His steps are full of snow.
Nia grabs her small shovel. She goes next door. Scoop, scoop, scoop! The steps are clear.
Mr. Ortiz opens the door. "Thank you!" he says. He gives her a warm cup of cocoa. Good neighbors help each other.
Snow fell throughout the whole night. In the morning, Nia looks out her window and notices that her elderly neighbor, Mr. Ortiz, has steps buried in snow.
She grabs her small shovel and hurries next door. Scoop, scoop, scoop! Soon the steps are clear.
Mr. Ortiz opens his door and thanks her warmly. He hands her a steaming cup of cocoa. Good neighbors look after each other.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 62 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.1. 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.
Yes. Print student copy gives the passage, the questions with lines to write on, and the word meanings. Print with answers gives the same page with the answers filled in. Both are made in your browser.
No. It was written for Peabody Teach, so there is no book to buy and no login to read it.
Nothing you do here is sent to us. No sign-in, no ads.