Kindergarten fiction passage about a lunchbox gone missing at school: 68 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Raj looked for his lunchbox. It was not on his hook. It was not in his cubby.
"Where did it go?" he said. He felt sad.
Ms. Cole said, "Think. Where were you last?"
Raj thought. He had been at the sink to wash his hands. He ran to the sink. There was his lunchbox, next to the soap!
"Thank you!" said Raj. He sat down to eat.
What was Raj looking for? in the text
Where did Raj look first? in the text
Who told Raj to think? in the text
Where was the lunchbox? in the text
Why did the lunchbox end up at the sink? 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.
Raj had no lunchbox. Not on his hook. Not in his cubby.
"Where is it?" he said. He was sad.
Ms. Cole said, "Think. Where were you?"
Raj had been at the sink. He ran there. His lunchbox sat by the soap! Raj sat to eat.
Raj looked for his lunchbox. It was not on his hook. It was not in his cubby.
"Where did it go?" he said. He felt sad.
Ms. Cole said, "Think. Where were you last?"
Raj thought. He had been at the sink to wash his hands. He ran to the sink. There was his lunchbox, next to the soap!
"Thank you!" said Raj. He sat down to eat.
Raj searched everywhere for his lunchbox. It was not hanging on his hook, and it was not tucked in his cubby.
"Where could it possibly have gone?" he asked. He felt very sad.
Ms. Cole said gently, "Take a moment to think. Where were you last?"
Raj remembered that he had gone to the sink to wash his hands. He hurried over, and there was his lunchbox, sitting beside the soap! Raj thanked his teacher and sat down to eat.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 68 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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