Kindergarten nonfiction passage about compass and directions: 56 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A compass has a needle. The needle points north. North is one way to go.
When you face north, east is on your right hand. West is on your left hand. South is behind you.
On many maps, north is at the top. An arrow can show it.
A compass can help you find your way.
What does the needle on a compass point to? in the text
Where is east when you face north? in the text
Where is south when you face north? in the text
Where is north on many maps? in the text
Why would a compass help a lost hiker? 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 compass has a needle. The needle points north.
Face north. East is on your right. West is on your left. South is behind you.
On many maps, north is at the top. An arrow can show it.
A compass helps you find your way.
A compass has a needle. The needle points north. North is one way to go.
When you face north, east is on your right hand. West is on your left hand. South is behind you.
On many maps, north is at the top. An arrow can show it.
A compass can help you find your way.
A compass has a thin needle, and the needle always points toward north. North is one of the four main directions.
When you face north, east is on your right hand and west is on your left hand. South is behind your back.
On many maps, north is at the top of the page, and a small arrow can show it. A compass can help a traveler find the way.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 56 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.1. 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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