Kindergarten fiction passage about a clock that adds minutes: 64 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Lia had a small blue clock. It was a magic clock. If Lia said, "Tick, tock, more," it gave her ten extra minutes.
One night Lia did not want to stop playing. "Tick, tock, more," she said. The clock gave her ten more minutes.
Lia built a block tower. It grew tall. At last she yawned. She hugged her clock and went to bed.
What color was the clock? in the text
What did the clock give Lia? in the text
What did Lia say to the clock? in the text
What did Lia build? in the text
How do you know Lia was ready for bed? 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.
Lia had a blue clock. It was magic. Lia said, "Tick, tock, more." The clock gave her ten more minutes.
One night Lia did not want to stop. She said, "Tick, tock, more." She got ten more minutes.
Lia built a tall tower. Then she yawned. She hugged the clock. She went to bed.
Lia had a small blue clock. It was a magic clock. If Lia said, "Tick, tock, more," it gave her ten extra minutes.
One night Lia did not want to stop playing. "Tick, tock, more," she said. The clock gave her ten more minutes.
Lia built a block tower. It grew tall. At last she yawned. She hugged her clock and went to bed.
Lia owned a small blue clock that was truly magic. Whenever she said, "Tick, tock, more," the clock gave her ten extra minutes.
One night Lia was having so much fun that she did not want to stop playing. "Tick, tock, more," she whispered, and the clock gave her ten more minutes.
Lia built a block tower that grew very tall. At last she let out a big yawn. She hugged her clock and climbed into bed.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 64 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about below 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.
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