Kindergarten nonfiction passage about how a zipper works: 45 words, five questions, an answer key and vocabulary.
A zipper has two rows of tiny teeth. The teeth are on strips of cloth.
A small tab called a slider moves up. It pulls the teeth together. Zip! The coat is shut.
Pull the slider down. The teeth come apart. The coat is open.
What does a zipper have two rows of? in the text
What is the small tab called? in the text
What happens when the slider moves up? in the text
What happens when you pull the slider down? in the text
Why do you think a coat has a zipper? 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 zipper has tiny teeth. They are in two rows.
Pull the slider up. Zip! The teeth join. The coat is shut.
Pull the slider down. The teeth come apart. The coat is open.
A zipper has two rows of tiny teeth. The teeth are on strips of cloth.
A small tab called a slider moves up. It pulls the teeth together. Zip! The coat is shut.
Pull the slider down. The teeth come apart. The coat is open.
A zipper is made of two rows of tiny teeth that are sewn onto strips of cloth.
A small tab called a slider travels up the zipper. As it moves, it pulls the teeth together so they lock tightly. Zip! The coat is closed.
When you pull the slider back down, the teeth separate again, and the coat opens wide.
It was written for Kindergarten. It has 45 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.
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