Kindergarten fiction passage about sharing a room with a sibling: 70 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Kai and his little sister Mei share a room. Kai likes the dark. Mei does not.
At night Mei says, "Kai, I see shadows."
Kai is sleepy. He wants the dark. But Mei is sad.
Kai plugs in a little star light. It glows soft and yellow. The shadows go away. Mei sighs and shuts her eyes.
"Thank you," she whispers. Kai can still sleep. A tiny light is fine.
Who shares the room with Kai? in the text
What does Mei not like? in the text
What does Kai plug in? in the text
What color is the light? in the text
Why does Mei say thank you? 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.
Kai and his sister Mei share a room. Kai likes the dark. Mei does not.
At night Mei says, "Kai, I see shadows."
Kai is sleepy. But Mei is sad.
Kai plugs in a star light. It is soft and yellow. The shadows go away. Mei shuts her eyes.
"Thank you," she says.
Kai and his little sister Mei share a room. Kai likes the dark. Mei does not.
At night Mei says, "Kai, I see shadows."
Kai is sleepy. He wants the dark. But Mei is sad.
Kai plugs in a little star light. It glows soft and yellow. The shadows go away. Mei sighs and shuts her eyes.
"Thank you," she whispers. Kai can still sleep. A tiny light is fine.
Kai and his little sister Mei share a bedroom. Kai loves the dark, but Mei does not like it at all.
One night Mei whispers, "Kai, I can see shadows on the wall."
Kai is very sleepy, and he wants the room dark. Still, he can tell that Mei is sad.
So Kai plugs in a little star light that glows soft and yellow. The shadows fade away, and Mei sighs and closes her eyes.
"Thank you," she whispers. Kai can still fall asleep, because a tiny light is fine with him.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 70 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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