Kindergarten fiction passage about a tortoise carries a leaf: 58 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Tortoise found a big green leaf. It was too big to eat in one bite. He wanted to take it home.
Tortoise pushed it. It slid. He pushed again. Slow and steady, step by step, he went.
At last Tortoise was home. He had no race to win. He just kept going, and the leaf got there too.
What did Tortoise find? in the text
What did he want to do with it? in the text
How did Tortoise move the leaf? in the text
Did Tortoise get home? in the text
Why did Tortoise get home even though he was slow? 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.
Tortoise found a leaf. It was big and green. He wanted it at home.
Tortoise pushed it. It slid. He pushed again. Step by step, he went.
Tortoise got home. The leaf got home too. He did not stop.
Tortoise found a big green leaf. It was too big to eat in one bite. He wanted to take it home.
Tortoise pushed it. It slid. He pushed again. Slow and steady, step by step, he went.
At last Tortoise was home. He had no race to win. He just kept going, and the leaf got there too.
Tortoise discovered an enormous green leaf lying on the path. It was far too big to eat in a single bite, so he decided to carry it home.
Tortoise pushed, and the leaf slid forward. He pushed again. Slowly and steadily, step by step, he made his way along the path.
At last Tortoise arrived home. He had no race to win. He simply kept going, and the leaf arrived with him.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 58 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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