Kindergarten fiction passage about a pickle jar mystery: 63 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
The jar was empty. Where was the last pickle?
"Not me," said Tom. "Not me," said Kit.
Zoe looked at Tom. His hands were clean. She looked at Kit. Her hands were clean too.
Then Zoe looked at Dad. He had green on his chin. It was pickle juice!
"Oops," said Dad. "It was so good." He bought a new jar that day.
What was missing? in the text
Whose hands did Zoe check first? in the text
What did Dad have on his chin? in the text
What did Dad do at the end? in the text
How did Zoe know Dad took the pickle? 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.
The jar was empty. Where was the last pickle?
"Not me," said Tom. "Not me," said Kit.
Zoe saw Tom's hands. Clean. Kit's hands? Clean.
Then Zoe saw Dad. Green was on his chin. Pickle juice!
"Oops," said Dad. He got a new jar.
The jar was empty. Where was the last pickle?
"Not me," said Tom. "Not me," said Kit.
Zoe looked at Tom. His hands were clean. She looked at Kit. Her hands were clean too.
Then Zoe looked at Dad. He had green on his chin. It was pickle juice!
"Oops," said Dad. "It was so good." He bought a new jar that day.
The pickle jar was completely empty. Where had the very last pickle gone?
"It was not me," said Tom. "It was not me either," said Kit.
Zoe studied Tom's hands, and they were clean. Then she studied Kit's hands, and they were clean too.
Finally Zoe looked at Dad. There was a green smear of pickle juice on his chin!
"Oops," said Dad. "It was just so tasty." He bought a new jar that very day.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 63 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.
About 1 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.
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