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Three Flat Breads, Three Kitchens

Kindergarten nonfiction passage about breads from other places: 60 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.

Kindergarten nonfiction breads from other places 60 words

Three Flat Breads, Three Kitchens

Bread can be flat. A tortilla is a flat bread from Mexico. It is round and thin. People fold it around beans.

Pita is flat bread too. It is from lands near the Mediterranean Sea. It puffs up like a pocket.

Naan is a flat bread from India. It is soft and warm.

Three breads. Three kitchens. All are good.

Questions

  1. Which flat bread is from Mexico? in the text

  2. What do people fold a tortilla around? in the text

  3. What does pita do? in the text

  4. Where is naan from? in the text

  5. How are the three breads alike? think about it

Words to know

flat
not tall, smooth and thin
tortilla
a thin round bread
pita
a flat bread with a pocket inside
fold
to bend over onto itself
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One passage, three levels

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.

● Easier · 48 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.8

Bread can be flat. A tortilla is flat bread from Mexico. It is round and thin. People fold it around beans.

Pita is flat bread too. It puffs up like a pocket.

Naan is flat bread from India. It is soft and warm.

Three breads. All are good.

▲ This passage · 60 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 1.3

Bread can be flat. A tortilla is a flat bread from Mexico. It is round and thin. People fold it around beans.

Pita is flat bread too. It is from lands near the Mediterranean Sea. It puffs up like a pocket.

Naan is a flat bread from India. It is soft and warm.

Three breads. Three kitchens. All are good.

■ Harder · 75 words · Flesch-Kincaid grade 6.1

Not every bread is tall and puffy. In many places, people bake flat breads, and each one is a little different.

A tortilla is a thin, round bread from Mexico, and people often fold it around beans. Pita comes from lands near the Mediterranean Sea, and it puffs up into a pocket as it bakes. Naan is a soft, warm bread from India.

Three breads from three kitchens, and every one of them is delicious.

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How to use it

  1. Press Read it big (or B) to put the text on the projector, or Full screen (F) to fill the whole screen.
  2. Ask the questions one at a time and use Show answer when the class has decided. A shows or hides every answer.
  3. Print student copy for the class, or Print with answers for yourself.

Ideas for class

  • Before reading, put flat, tortilla, pita and fold on the board with their meanings from the Words to know section and have students predict what the text will be about.
  • Read it aloud once while students follow along, then have them reread it alone or with a partner. At a calm 100 words a minute it takes about 1 minute to read aloud.
  • Use the Read it big button (or B) to put the text on the projector, and Show answer on one question at a time so the class commits to an answer first.
  • Question 5 asks the reader to infer. Ask students to point to the words in the passage that led them to their answer.
  • Ask students to write one question the passage did not answer, then look for the answer in a book or on a classroom screen.
  • Print the student copy for independent work and keep the answer-key copy for yourself.

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Questions

What reading level is "Three Flat Breads, Three Kitchens"?

It was written for Kindergarten. It has 60 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.3. 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.

What do the questions ask?

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.

How long does it take to read?

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.

Can I print it?

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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