Kindergarten nonfiction passage about how trees help us: 52 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Trees help us in many ways. A tree gives shade on a hot day. I sit under it and feel cool.
Some trees give fruit, like pears. Birds build nests in the branches. Squirrels run up the trunk.
People use wood from trees to make paper and tables. Trees are good friends.
What does a tree give on a hot day? in the text
What fruit does a tree give in the story? in the text
Who builds nests in the branches? in the text
What do people make from wood? in the text
Why do I feel cool under a tree? 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.
Trees help us. A tree gives shade. I sit under it. I feel cool.
Some trees give fruit, like pears. Birds make nests in trees. Squirrels run up the trunk.
We make paper and tables from wood.
Trees help us in many ways. A tree gives shade on a hot day. I sit under it and feel cool.
Some trees give fruit, like pears. Birds build nests in the branches. Squirrels run up the trunk.
People use wood from trees to make paper and tables. Trees are good friends.
Trees help us in so many different ways. On a very hot day, a tree gives us cool shade, and I like to sit under it to rest.
Some trees grow sweet fruit, such as pears. Birds build their nests among the branches, and squirrels scamper up and down the trunk.
People also use the wood from trees to make useful things like paper and tables. Trees truly are good friends.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 52 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.6. 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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