Kindergarten nonfiction passage about seesaw and balance: 55 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A seesaw is a long board. It sits on a bar in the middle.
Mia sits on one end. Sam sits on the other end. Mia goes up. Sam goes down. Then Sam goes up!
If one kid is much bigger, that end stays down. The kids need to match. Then the seesaw can rock.
What is a seesaw? in the text
Where does the bar sit? in the text
Who sits on one end? in the text
What happens when Mia goes up? in the text
Why would the seesaw not rock if one kid is much bigger? 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 seesaw is a long board. It sits on a bar.
Mia sits on one end. Sam sits on the other end. Mia goes up. Sam goes down.
A big kid on one end is too much. That end stays down.
A seesaw is a long board. It sits on a bar in the middle.
Mia sits on one end. Sam sits on the other end. Mia goes up. Sam goes down. Then Sam goes up!
If one kid is much bigger, that end stays down. The kids need to match. Then the seesaw can rock.
A seesaw is a long board that rests on a bar in the middle.
Mia sits on one end of the board, and Sam sits on the other end. When Mia rises into the air, Sam sinks toward the ground. Then Sam rises and Mia sinks.
If one kid is much bigger, that end of the seesaw stays down. The two kids need to be about the same size so the board can rock.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 55 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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