Differentiated Reading Passages
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Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Apples
Apples can be red.
Apples can be yellow.
Apples can be green.
Apples come from a tree.
Apples are ripe in the fall.
Apples are sweet.
Apples can crunch.
They are yummy!
✓ Check your understanding.
1. Color the apples to match the text.
2. Circle the word can in the story.
3. Where do apples come from?
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FALL INFORMATIONAL Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Apples
Apples can be red, yellow,
or green. Apples grow on
trees. They can be picked in
the fall. Apples can be
crunchy and sweet. Apples
can be used to make apple
juice or apple pie. They are
yummy!
✓ Check your understanding.
1. Color the apples to match the text.
2. Underline the sentence that tells
where apples grow.
3. Apples can be used to make:
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FALL INFORMATIONAL Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Apples
Apples can be red, yellow, or green.
Apples grow on trees and are
picked in the fall. A place with many
fruit trees is called an orchard.
Kids can eat apples for a healthy
snack. Apples can be crunchy and
sweet. Apples can be used to make
apple juice, apple sauce, and apple
pie. There are over 7,000 different
kinds of apples in the world! Many
kinds are grown in the United States.
What a yummy fruit!
✓ Check your understanding.
1. Color the apples to match the text.
2. Underline the text that tells what an orchard is.
3. List three adjectives from the story that are used
to describe apples:
_______________ _______________ _______________
4. What are two things that you can make with
apples? _____________________________________________
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FALL INFORMATIONAL Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Pat is a cat.
Pat is yellow.
Pat is little.
Pat the Cat
Pat likes to nap.
He likes to eat.
Pat likes to run and play.
Have fun, Pat!
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1. Color Pat yellow.
2. Circle the word is in the story.
3. Write two things Pat likes to do.
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FALL FICTION
Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Pat the Cat
Pat is a little, yellow cat.
He likes to run fast.
He likes to play with toys.
Pat also likes to nap a lot!
He has a bed. It is red and soft.
Pat likes to eat, too. On some days, he
gets treats.
Pat is a happy cat!
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1.
Color Pat yellow.
2. Circle the words that tell about Pat’s bed.
3. Underline all of the things that Pat likes to do.
4. Write two words that rhyme with cat.
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FALL FICTION
Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Pat the Cat
Pat is a little, yellow cat.
He likes to run fast.
He likes to play with toys.
Pat also likes to nap a lot!
He has a red bed. It is fluffy and soft.
Pat likes to eat crunchy cat treats. Some
of his treats are shaped like a fish. Other
treats are shaped like a mouse. Yum!
Pat is a happy cat!
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1.
Color Pat yellow.
2. Circle the words that tell about Pat’s bed.
3. Underline all of the things that Pat likes to do.
4. Write two words that rhyme with red.
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FALL FICTION
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Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Snow
Do you know about snow?
It must be very cold for it
to snow. Snowflakes are made
of ice crystals. They fall from clouds in
the sky.
Kids can play in the snow. Kids can make
snowballs or a snowman. A big snowstorm
with lots of wind is called a blizzard. People
must stay inside to keep warm and safe.
✓ Check your understanding.
1. Color the words that tell what snowflakes
are made of.
2. What can kids make with snow? ____________
__________________________________________________________
3. Have you played in the snow?
Yes
4. Circle the word that means “a big
snowstorm with lots of wind.”
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WINTER INFORMATIONAL
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Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Snow
Do you know about snow? It
must be very cold for it to snow.
Snowflakes form when water droplets
freeze into ice crystals and fall from the sky.
Kids can play in the snow. Kids can make
snowballs, a snowman, or a snow angel. People of
all ages enjoy snow sports such as skiing,
snowboarding, or sledding.
A big snowstorm with lots of wind is called a
blizzard. It can be hard to see, so driving in a
blizzard is not safe. People must stay inside to
keep warm and safe.
✓ Check your understanding.
1. Color the sentence that tells how snowflakes form.
2. What can kids make with snow? _____________________
__________________________________________________________
3. List three snow sports from this story: ____________
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4. Have you played in the snow?
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No
circle one
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WINTER INFORMATIONAL Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Snow
Do you know about snow? Snow is a type of
precipitation, which is any form of water that falls
from the sky. Rain and hail are other types of
precipitation. It must be very cold for it to snow. Snowflakes
form when water droplets freeze into ice crystals and fall from
the sky.
Did you know snow is not exactly white? It is translucent, which
means some light can pass through, but it is not totally clear. It
looks white because of how the light reflects off the ice crystals.
Kids can play in the snow. Kids can make snowballs, a snowman,
or a snow angel. People of all ages enjoy snow sports such as
skiing, snowboarding, or sledding.
When snow is light and fluffy, it is called powder. A big
snowstorm with lots of wind is called a blizzard. It can be hard to
see during a blizzard, so driving is not safe. People must stay inside
to keep warm and safe.
✓
Check your understanding.
1. Color the sentence that tells how snowflakes form.
2. What can kids make with snow? _____________________
_________________________________________________
3. What is precipitation? _____________________________
_________________________________________________
4. Underline the three snow sports that were mentioned in
this story.
5. Have you played in the snow? Yes
No
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WINTER INFORMATIONAL Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
A Cold Day
Pat the cat and Tip the
dog want to go out. Kim
and Sam think it is too
cold, but they will let
them go outside anyway.
Brrr! It is too cold outside. It is
windy. It is rainy. Pat meows. Tip
barks. Now, Pat and Tip want to go
inside. Where are the kids?
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1. Color Pat yellow.
2. Color Tip brown.
3. Why do Pat and Tip want to go inside?
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WINTER FICTION
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Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
A Cold Day
Pat the cat and Tip the dog
want to go out. Pat will meow.
Tip will bark. Kim and Sam think
it is too cold. But they are
tired of meowing and barking,
so they let them outside.
Brrr! It is too cold outside. It is windy.
It is rainy. Pat meows again. Tip barks
again. Now, Pat and Tip want to go inside.
Where are the kids?
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1.
Color Pat yellow. Color Tip brown.
2. Why do Kim and Sam let the animals out? ____
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3. Underline the word in the story that is the
opposite of hot.
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WINTER FICTION
Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
A Cold Day
Pat the cat and Tip the dog really
want to go out today! Pat is
meowing and scratching at the door.
Tip keeps barking and jumping. Kim
and Sam tell their pets it is too
cold. But they are tired of noisy
meowing and barking, so they let
them outside.
Brrr! It is too cold outside. A cold rain comes
down on Pat and Tip. Then, a chilly wind blows and
makes them even colder! They run to the door
together. Pat meows and scratches to go in. Tip
barks and jumps to go in. Now, Pat and Tip want to
go inside. Where are the kids?
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1. Color Pat yellow. Color Tip brown..
2. Why do Kim and Sam let the animals out? ________
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3.
How do you think Kim and Sam will feel when they hear
the pets want to come inside? ________________
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WINTER FICTION
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Butterfly Life Cycle
The butterfly life cycle is
amazing! First, a small caterpillar
chrysalis
hatches from an egg. That
caterpillar eats and grows. Next, the
caterpillar forms a chrysalis, which is a hard
cover that protects it while it changes.
After a few days or weeks, it comes out as
an adult butterfly! Then, the new butterfly
flies off looking for plants and leaves to eat.
✓ Check your understanding.
1. What is shown in the picture? _____________________
__________________________________________________________
2. Color the sentence that tells what happens first.
3. What is the main topic of this passage? _________
___________________________________________________________
4. How long does it take a caterpillar to change into
a butterfly? ____________________________________________
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SPRING INFORMATIONAL
Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Butterfly Life Cycle
The butterfly life cycle is amazing!
First, a small caterpillar hatches
chrysalis
from a tiny egg. That little caterpillar
eats a lot and grows much larger. Next,
the caterpillar forms a chrysalis, which is a hard
cover that protects it while it changes. They
usually form their chrysalis on twigs or leaves.
After a few days or weeks, it emerges, or comes
out, as an adult butterfly! After its wings dry,
the new butterfly flies off looking for plants and
leaves to eat.
✓ Check your understanding.
1. What is shown in the picture? ________________________
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2. Color the sentence that tells what happens first.
3. What is the main topic of this passage? ____________
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4. Circle two words that mean the same as small.
5. What does the word emerge mean in this
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SPRING INFORMATIONAL
Week 1
Name__________________________________ Date_________________
✓ Read the story three times.
Butterfly Life Cycle
The butterfly life cycle is amazing! A butterfly
goes through a complete metamorphosis, or
chrysalis
change.
During he first stage of their life cycle, they are in a tiny egg.
Next, a small caterpillar hatches from this egg. This is the larva
stage. That little caterpillar’s main job is to eat lots of leaves.
Some caterpillars eat flowers, too. It eats a lot and grows
much larger. Next, the caterpillar forms a chrysalis, which is a
hard cover that protects it while it changes. This is known as
the pupa stage. They usually form their chrysalis on twigs or
leaves, hidden from predators.
After a few days or weeks, it will emerge, or come out, as an
adult butterfly! After its wings dry, the new butterfly flies off
looking for plants and leaves to eat. The average lifespan of a
butterfly is about a month, but some can live much longer.
✓ Check your understanding.
1. What is shown in the picture? ______________________________
2. Color the sentence that tells what the first stage of the life
cycle is.
3. What is the main topic of this passage?
____________________
___________________________________________________________
4. Write the definitions for the words, using clues from the
passage.
metamorphosis ________________________________________________
chrysalis _____________________________________________________
emerge _____________________________________________
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SPRING INFORMATIONAL Week 1
Name
Date
✓ Read the story three times.
Pretty Flowers
Pat, the yellow cat, sat at
the window on a sunny day.
He saw a lot of red and yellow
flowers. Kim and Sam had planted them
last week with their mom.
Pat watched the birds in the tall
trees. The sun was bright and warmed
his fur. Tip, the brown dog, wanted to go
outside, but Pat was happy by the
window.
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1. Underline the colors of the flowers and
color the flowers.
2. Circle the four verbs that have an –ed
ending.
3. Who wanted to go outside? _________
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SPRING FICTION Week 1
Name
Date
✓ Read the story three times.
Pretty Flowers
Pat, the yellow cat, sat at
the window on a sunny spring
day. He saw many red and yellow
flowers that were planted by Kim, Sam,
and Mom a week ago.
Pat watched the birds flutter in the
tall trees. The sun was bright and warmed
his fur. Tip, the silly, brown dog, wanted to
go outside, but Pat was happy inside. He
chose to stay and nap by the window.
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1. List the four verbs from the story with –ed endings.
2. List two more verbs that have –ed endings.
3. Where did Tip want to go?
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SPRING FICTION
Week 1
Name
Date
✓ Read the story three times.
Pretty Flowers
Pat, the lazy, yellow cat, lounged
by the window on a sunny spring day.
He watched as the red and yellow flowers danced in
the breeze. Kim and Sam had planted the flowers a
week ago with their mom and were proud of their
lovely flower garden.
Pat watched the birds fluttering in the trees
and saw butterflies in the garden. The bright sun
warmed his fur and made him drowsy. He stretched
his legs and then curled up into a cozy ball. Tip, the
silly, brown dog, jumped around and begged to go
outside, but Pat chose to stay in and take a nap.
✓ Check your understanding of the story.
1. Color the words in the story that end with –ed or –ing.
2. Circle the plural words in the story.
3. “Drowsy” is another word for “tired”. List two more
words that mean “tired”.
4. Where did Tip want to go?
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SPRING FICTION
Week 1
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Differentiated Passages Information
Use these fun, leveled, week-by-week passages for homework or
reading group activities. Great for fluency practice, with
comprehension questions that encourage children to look back
into the text for answers.
Written for 1st grade, but may be suitable for some Kindergarten
or 2nd grade classrooms as well.
Each week contains three leveled passages, with the same subject
matter, that increase in length and difficulty throughout the
year and comprehension activities to correspond with student
reading level.
While all passages contain multiple high frequency and decodable
words using common spelling patterns, here is some additional
information about the levels:
Level 1: Emergent readers, lots of Kindergarten and 1st grade high
frequency words, CVC words, basic spelling patterns and
punctuation, text-dependent questions and response activities
Level 2: Growing readers, lots of Kindergarten and 1st grade high
frequency words, more challenging words that will require use of
both basic and more complex phonics skills for decoding, irregular
words, some complex sentences, text-dependent questions and
response activities as well as questions requiring students to
infer, some content vocabulary
Level 3: Established readers, high frequency words from 1st and
2nd grade, more challenging words that will require use of both
basic and more complex phonics skills for decoding, irregular
words, some content and multi-syllabic words, frequent complex
sentences, text-dependent questions and response activities as
well as questions requiring students to infer, content vocabulary
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