Kindergarten nonfiction passage about stars in the day: 53 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Stars are in the sky all day. But we cannot see them.
The sun is a star too. It is so bright that its light fills the sky. The other stars are far away, so their light looks tiny.
When night comes, the sky gets dark. Now we can see the stars twinkle!
When are stars in the sky? in the text
What kind of thing is the sun? in the text
Why can we not see stars in the day? think about it
When can we see the stars twinkle? in the text
Do the other stars look big or tiny? in the text
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.
Stars are in the sky all day. We can not see them.
The sun is a star. It is very bright. Its light fills the sky. Other stars are far away. Their light is tiny.
At night the sky is dark. Now we see stars twinkle!
Stars are in the sky all day. But we cannot see them.
The sun is a star too. It is so bright that its light fills the sky. The other stars are far away, so their light looks tiny.
When night comes, the sky gets dark. Now we can see the stars twinkle!
Stars are in the sky all day long, but we cannot see them when the sun is up.
The sun is a star as well. It is so bright that its light fills the whole sky. All of the other stars are very far away, so their light looks tiny next to the sun.
When night comes, the sky grows dark. Then we can finally see the stars twinkle above us!
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 53 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.3. 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.
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.
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