Kindergarten nonfiction passage about wheelbarrow: 46 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A wheelbarrow has one wheel in front. It has two handles in back.
Dad puts dirt in the big tray. The dirt is heavy. He lifts the handles and pushes.
The wheel rolls. The dirt goes to the garden. A wheelbarrow helps Dad carry a lot.
How many wheels does a wheelbarrow have? in the text
Where are the handles? in the text
What does Dad put in the tray? in the text
Where does the dirt go? in the text
Why is it easier to push the dirt than to carry it? 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.
A wheelbarrow has one wheel. It has two handles.
Dad puts dirt in the tray. The dirt is heavy. He lifts the handles. He pushes.
The wheel rolls. The dirt goes to the garden.
A wheelbarrow has one wheel in front. It has two handles in back.
Dad puts dirt in the big tray. The dirt is heavy. He lifts the handles and pushes.
The wheel rolls. The dirt goes to the garden. A wheelbarrow helps Dad carry a lot.
A wheelbarrow has a single wheel at the front and two long handles at the back.
Dad shovels heavy dirt into the big tray. Then he lifts the handles and pushes the wheelbarrow across the yard.
The wheel rolls along the ground, and the dirt arrives at the garden. A wheelbarrow helps Dad carry much more than his arms could.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 46 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.0. 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.
Under a 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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