Kindergarten nonfiction passage about magnets: 55 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A magnet pulls on some metal. It can stick to the fridge door.
Lin uses a magnet to hold up her drawing. The magnet will not pull on paper. It pulls on the metal door.
Try it at home. A magnet sticks to a key. It does not stick to a leaf or a crayon.
What does a magnet pull on? in the text
What does Lin hold up? in the text
What does a magnet stick to at home? in the text
What does a magnet not stick to? in the text
Why does the magnet hold the drawing up? 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 magnet pulls on metal. It sticks to a fridge.
Lin has a drawing. Her magnet holds it up. The magnet pulls on the door. It does not pull on paper.
A magnet can stick to a key. It can not stick to a leaf.
A magnet pulls on some metal. It can stick to the fridge door.
Lin uses a magnet to hold up her drawing. The magnet will not pull on paper. It pulls on the metal door.
Try it at home. A magnet sticks to a key. It does not stick to a leaf or a crayon.
A magnet is a small object that pulls on certain kinds of metal. That is why it can stick firmly to the door of a fridge.
Lin uses a magnet to hang up her drawing. The magnet does not pull on the paper at all. Instead, it clings to the metal door and keeps the paper in place.
You can test it at home. A magnet sticks to a metal key, but it will not stick to a leaf or a crayon.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 55 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.8. 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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