Name: ____________________Date: ____________
Chip and the Shell
Chip is a crab.
Chip gets in a shell.
The shell is big.
Chip is in the shell.
The shell is big, big, big!
Chip is lost, lost, lost!
Chip gets a red shell.
The red shell fits Chip!
It fits, it fits!
Questions
1. Who is Chip?
- A crab
- A fish
- A frog
2. What does Chip get?
- A bun
- A shell
- A hat
3. What color is the last shell?
- Black
- Pink
- Red
4. Why does Chip get another shell?
- The first was too big
- Chip is mad
- Chip is hot
Words to know
- crab: a sea animal
- shell: a hard home
- lost: can not find
Answer key: Chip and the Shell
- A. A crab
- B. A shell
- C. Red
- A. The first was too big
For the teacher: how this passage is levelled
“Chip and the Shell” is a reading level 2 story. Every Peabody story at this level is written and checked to keep sentences to 6 words or fewer, to aim at an average of 4 words a sentence, and to show 1 to 6 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 | 43 words, 9 screens, 4 multiple-choice questions with an answer key, and 3 vocabulary words with kid-sized meanings |
|---|---|
| Longest sentence at this level | 6 words |
| Words on a screen | 1 to 6 |
| Skills practised at this level | first sounds, rhymes |
Reading level 2: 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.