Kindergarten nonfiction passage about early writing on clay: 48 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
Long, long ago, there was no paper in some places. People wrote on clay.
The clay was wet and soft. A writer pressed a stick into it. The stick made small marks.
Then the clay dried. The marks stayed. Some of those clay pieces are still here now.
What did these people write on? in the text
What did the writer press into the clay? in the text
Was the clay wet or dry when the writer made marks? in the text
What happened after the clay dried? in the text
Why can we still read some clay pieces today? 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.
Long ago, some places had no paper. People wrote on clay.
The clay was wet. A writer pressed a stick in it. The stick made marks.
The clay dried. The marks stayed. Some pieces are still here.
Long, long ago, there was no paper in some places. People wrote on clay.
The clay was wet and soft. A writer pressed a stick into it. The stick made small marks.
Then the clay dried. The marks stayed. Some of those clay pieces are still here now.
Thousands of years ago, there was no paper in some parts of the world. Instead, people wrote on clay.
The clay was wet and soft. A writer pressed the end of a stick into it, and the stick left small marks.
Then the clay dried hard. Because the marks stayed in place, some of those pieces of clay are still with us today.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 48 words and works out to a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of about 0.3. 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.
No. It was written for Peabody Teach, so there is no book to buy and no login to read it.
Nothing you do here is sent to us. No sign-in, no ads.