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Who Helps at School?

Kindergarten nonfiction passage about community helpers: 47 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.

Kindergarten nonfiction community helpers 47 words

Who Helps at School?

Many people help at our school.

A teacher helps us learn. A cook makes our lunch. A bus driver brings us to school. A nurse helps us when we do not feel well. A custodian keeps our school clean.

We can say thank you to our helpers.

Questions

  1. Who helps us learn? in the text

  2. Who makes our lunch? in the text

  3. Who brings us to school? in the text

  4. Who helps us when we do not feel well? in the text

  5. How can you show a school helper that you are thankful? think about it

Words to know

helper
a person who does something useful for others
nurse
a person who helps people who are sick or hurt
custodian
a person who cleans and takes care of a building
lunch
the meal you eat in the middle of the day

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 helper, nurse, custodian and lunch 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 under a 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 "Who Helps at School?"?

It was written for Kindergarten. It has 47 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 1.1. 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.

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?

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.

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.

Is this passage from a published book?

No. It was written for Peabody Teach, so there is no book to buy and no login to read it.

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