Kindergarten fiction passage about a treasure map made with a stick: 66 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Jo found a stick. She drew a map in the mud. It had a big X.
"Dig here for treasure!" she said to Sam.
Sam dug and dug. He found a worm. He found a rock. Then he found a tin box!
In the box was a note. It said, "Great job! Look under the porch." Jo had hidden a snack there. They ate it together.
What did Jo draw in the mud? in the text
What was on the map? in the text
What did Sam find in the mud? in the text
What was hidden under the porch? in the text
Who put the box in the mud? 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.
Jo got a stick. She drew a map in the mud. It had a big X.
"Dig here!" she said to Sam.
Sam dug. He found a worm. He found a rock. Then he found a tin box!
In the box was a note. It said, "Look under the porch." A snack was there. They ate it.
Jo found a stick. She drew a map in the mud. It had a big X.
"Dig here for treasure!" she said to Sam.
Sam dug and dug. He found a worm. He found a rock. Then he found a tin box!
In the box was a note. It said, "Great job! Look under the porch." Jo had hidden a snack there. They ate it together.
Jo found a long stick near the garden. With it, she drew a treasure map in the soft mud, and she marked a big X.
"Dig right here and you will find treasure!" she told Sam.
Sam dug and dug. First he found a wiggly worm, and next he found a rock. Finally he uncovered a tin box!
Inside was a note that said, "Great job! Look under the porch." Jo had hidden a snack there, and the two friends shared it.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 66 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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