Big Egg
Look! An egg in the grass!
It is a big, big egg.
The egg rocks. Rock, rock, rock!
Tap, tap, tap. What is in it?
Crack! Out pops a leg!
Is it a bug? No!
Is it a frog? No!
It is a duck! "Quack!"
The duck sees a frog. "Mom?"
"Not me!" said the frog. "Ribbit!"
The duck sees a bug. "Mom?"
"Not me!" said the bug. "Buzz!"
Then, "Quack, quack!" Here is Mom!
"Mom!" said the little duck.
Mom is big. The duck is little.
Off they swim in the pond.
Hi, little duck!
Questions
- In a tree
- In the grass
- In a box
- A leg
- A bug
- A frog
- The bug
- The frog
- A hen
- It is not the duck's mom
- It is cross
- It wants the egg
- She says, "Ribbit!"
- She says, "Buzz!"
- She says, "Quack, quack!"
- A stone
- Tip side to side
- Go to sleep
Words to know
- egg: where chicks grow
- crack: a small break
- duck: quacking bird
- quack: a duck sound
- rock: tip side-to-side
- pond: a little lake
Answer key: Big Egg
- B. In the grass
- A. A leg
- B. The frog
- A. It is not the duck's mom
- C. She says, "Quack, quack!"
- B. Tip side to side
For the teacher: how this passage is levelled
“Big Egg” is a reading level 4 story. Every Peabody story at this level is written and checked to keep sentences to 8 words or fewer, to aim at an average of 5 words a sentence, and to show 1 to 8 words on a screen. At most 6% of its words may be off the familiar-word list. Readers reach this level by climbing, not by grade.
| This passage | 96 words, 17 screens, 6 multiple-choice questions with an answer key, and 6 vocabulary words with kid-sized meanings |
|---|---|
| Longest sentence at this level | 8 words |
| Words on a screen | 1 to 8 |
| Skills practised at this level | phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words |
Reading level 4: the limits, a real sample and the free games. Peabody is a learning app, not an assessment: use the questions to talk about the story, not to grade a child.