Kindergarten fiction passage about two friends mixing their game rules: 71 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
It rains, and then it stops. Big puddles shine on the path.
Cam wants to jump in. Ruby wants to jump over. "Jump in!" says Cam. "Jump over!" says Ruby. They both frown.
Ruby has an idea. "Let us do both. Jump over the small ones. Jump in the big ones."
Splash! Hop! Splash! Hop!
Cam and Ruby laugh. Their boots are wet, and their game is the best one yet.
What shines on the path? in the text
What does Cam want to do? in the text
What does Ruby want to do at first? in the text
Where do they jump in? in the text
Why is the new game a good plan? 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.
It rains, and then it stops. Big puddles shine on the path.
Cam wants to jump in. Ruby wants to jump over. They both frown.
Ruby has an idea. "Let us do both. Jump over small ones. Jump in big ones."
Splash! Hop! Splash! Hop!
Cam and Ruby laugh. It is the best game.
It rains, and then it stops. Big puddles shine on the path.
Cam wants to jump in. Ruby wants to jump over. "Jump in!" says Cam. "Jump over!" says Ruby. They both frown.
Ruby has an idea. "Let us do both. Jump over the small ones. Jump in the big ones."
Splash! Hop! Splash! Hop!
Cam and Ruby laugh. Their boots are wet, and their game is the best one yet.
The rain falls for a while and then it stops. Huge puddles shine all along the path.
Cam wants to jump right into them, but Ruby would rather jump over them. "Jump in!" says Cam. "Jump over!" says Ruby. Both of them frown.
Then Ruby has a clever idea. "Let us do both of them. We can jump over the small puddles and jump in the big ones."
Splash! Hop! Splash! Hop!
Cam and Ruby laugh and laugh. Their boots are soaking wet, and it is the best game they have ever played.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 71 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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