Kindergarten fiction passage about a crayon that draws doors: 64 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Zed had a purple crayon. It was a magic crayon. It drew doors!
Zed drew a door on the wall, and he turned the knob. Inside was a room full of soft pillows, and Zed jumped on them. Boing!
Then Zed heard Mom call, "Dinner!" He ran out the door and gave the crayon a pat. After dinner he would draw a new door.
What color was the crayon? in the text
What did the crayon draw? in the text
What was inside the room? in the text
Who called Zed? in the text
What will Zed do after dinner? 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.
Zed had a purple crayon. It was magic. It drew doors!
Zed drew a door. He opened it. A room of pillows was inside. Zed jumped on them. Boing!
Mom said, "Dinner!" Zed ran out. He would draw a new door later.
Zed had a purple crayon. It was a magic crayon. It drew doors!
Zed drew a door on the wall, and he turned the knob. Inside was a room full of soft pillows, and Zed jumped on them. Boing!
Then Zed heard Mom call, "Dinner!" He ran out the door and gave the crayon a pat. After dinner he would draw a new door.
Zed owned a purple crayon that was truly magic. Everything it drew turned into a real door!
Zed drew a door on the wall and turned the little knob. Inside was a room filled with soft pillows. Zed jumped on them, and they went boing, boing.
Soon Zed heard his mom calling, "Dinner is ready!" He hurried out the door and patted his crayon. After dinner he planned to draw a brand new door.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 64 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.
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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