Kindergarten nonfiction passage about pinwheel and wind: 47 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A pinwheel has bright paper blades. The blades are on a stick.
Hold it still on a calm day. Nothing happens. Now the wind blows. Whirl! The blades spin.
You can blow on it too. Puff! A big breath makes it spin fast. Wind is moving air.
What are the blades of a pinwheel made of? in the text
What are the blades on? in the text
What makes the pinwheel spin outside? in the text
What is wind? in the text
Why does the pinwheel not spin on a calm day? 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 pinwheel has paper blades. The blades are on a stick.
On a calm day, it does not move. Then wind blows. Whirl! The blades spin.
You can blow on it. Puff! It spins. Wind is air that moves.
A pinwheel has bright paper blades. The blades are on a stick.
Hold it still on a calm day. Nothing happens. Now the wind blows. Whirl! The blades spin.
You can blow on it too. Puff! A big breath makes it spin fast. Wind is moving air.
A pinwheel has bright paper blades attached to the end of a stick.
If you hold it in the air on a calm day, nothing happens. Then a breeze arrives. Whirl! The blades begin to spin around.
You can also blow on a pinwheel yourself. A big breath makes it spin quickly. Wind is simply air that is moving.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 47 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.
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.
Yes. Print student copy gives the passage, the questions with lines to write on, and the word meanings. Print with answers gives the same page with the answers filled in. Both are made in your browser.
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