Who Eats the Lettuce?
Something eats the lettuce at night.
Ben and Jen see the holes.
“Who is it?” said Ben.
“A bug?” said Jen.
They wait with Dad at dusk.
It is still. Then, chew, chew!
Dad turns on the flashlight.
Rabbits! A mother and three babies.
They are eating the lettuce.
Ben and Jen smile.
“We will share,” said Jen.
The rabbits hop home.
Questions
- Bugs
- Rabbits
- Deer
- A mirror
- A drum
- A flashlight
- Three
- Two
- Five
- She hates lettuce
- The rabbits are hungry too
- She is afraid
- Run fast
- Sleep deeply
- Bite and grind food
Words to know
- lettuce: a leafy green
- chew: bite and grind food
- share: give some away
Answer key: Who Eats the Lettuce?
- B. Rabbits
- C. A flashlight
- A. Three
- B. The rabbits are hungry too
- C. Bite and grind food
For the teacher: how this passage is levelled
“Who Eats the Lettuce?” 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 | 62 words, 12 screens, 5 multiple-choice questions with an answer key, and 3 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.