Kindergarten nonfiction passage about washing hands before cooking: 60 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Before I cook, I wash my hands. First, I wet them with water. Next, I rub on soap. Then I scrub.
I scrub the front and the back. I scrub between my fingers. I sing a short song while I scrub.
Last, I rinse off the soap and dry my hands. Now I am ready to help in the kitchen.
What do I do first to wash my hands? in the text
What do I rub on after my hands are wet? in the text
Where else do I scrub? in the text
What do I do last? in the text
Why do I wash my hands before I cook? 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.
Before I cook, I wash my hands. First I wet them. Next I rub on soap. Then I scrub.
I scrub the front and the back. I scrub between my fingers. I sing a short song.
Last I rinse and dry. Now I can help in the kitchen.
Before I cook, I wash my hands. First, I wet them with water. Next, I rub on soap. Then I scrub.
I scrub the front and the back. I scrub between my fingers. I sing a short song while I scrub.
Last, I rinse off the soap and dry my hands. Now I am ready to help in the kitchen.
Before I start to cook, I always wash my hands. First, I wet them with warm water. Next, I rub on some soap. Then I scrub hard.
I scrub the front and the back of each hand, and I scrub between my fingers. I sing a short song while I work.
Last, I rinse off all the soap and dry my hands. Now I am ready to help in the kitchen.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 60 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.2. 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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