Kindergarten fiction passage about a dragon that toasts bread: 71 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Dot lived next to a dragon named Gus. Gus had a small puff of fire. He did not like to scare anyone.
One morning Dot's toaster did not work. She was hungry. "Can you help?" she asked Gus.
Gus held a slice of bread on a long fork. Puff! The bread turned warm and brown.
Dot spread jam on it. "Yum," she said. Gus smiled. Now he toasted bread each morning.
What was the dragon's name? in the text
What did not work in Dot's house? in the text
What did Gus use to hold the bread? in the text
What did Dot spread on the bread? in the text
Why did Gus smile? 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.
Dot lived by a dragon named Gus. Gus had a small puff of fire. He did not want to scare anyone.
One day Dot's toaster did not work. She was hungry. "Can you help?" she asked.
Gus held bread on a long fork. Puff! The bread was warm and brown.
Dot put jam on it. "Yum!" she said. Gus smiled.
Dot lived next to a dragon named Gus. Gus had a small puff of fire. He did not like to scare anyone.
One morning Dot's toaster did not work. She was hungry. "Can you help?" she asked Gus.
Gus held a slice of bread on a long fork. Puff! The bread turned warm and brown.
Dot spread jam on it. "Yum," she said. Gus smiled. Now he toasted bread each morning.
Dot lived next door to a friendly dragon named Gus. Gus could only make a small puff of fire, and he never wanted to scare anyone.
One morning Dot's toaster stopped working, and she was very hungry. "Could you possibly help me?" she asked Gus.
Gus held a slice of bread on a long fork. With one puff, the bread turned warm and golden brown.
Dot spread sweet jam on top. "Delicious," she said. Gus smiled, and from then on he toasted bread every morning.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 71 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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