Kindergarten fiction passage about a blinking light and a moth: 66 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
At night the porch light blinked. On, off, on, off.
Eli watched from the window. "Is it a signal?" he said.
Dad went out with Eli. They looked up. A big moth was flying round the bulb. Each time it flew by, it hid the light.
"That is all," said Dad. "The moth blinks the light."
They went in. The moth kept dancing in the glow.
What did the porch light do? in the text
Who watched from the window? in the text
What was flying round the bulb? in the text
Who went out with Eli? in the text
Why did the light seem to blink? 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.
At night the porch light blinked. On, off, on, off.
Eli watched from the window. "Is it a signal?" he said.
Dad and Eli went out. They looked up. A big moth flew round the bulb. It hid the light each time.
"The moth makes it blink," said Dad. They went in.
At night the porch light blinked. On, off, on, off.
Eli watched from the window. "Is it a signal?" he said.
Dad went out with Eli. They looked up. A big moth was flying round the bulb. Each time it flew by, it hid the light.
"That is all," said Dad. "The moth blinks the light."
They went in. The moth kept dancing in the glow.
Late one night, the porch light began to blink. On, off, on, off, it went, again and again.
Eli watched through the window. "Is somebody sending a signal?" he wondered.
Dad walked outside with Eli, and they gazed up at the light. A large moth was fluttering around the bulb. Every time it flew past, it covered the light for a moment.
"That is all it is," said Dad. "The moth makes the light blink."
They went back inside while the moth kept dancing in the warm glow.
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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