The Lost Red Kite: Grade 1 Reading Passage

About this worksheet

Lily's new red kite gets stuck high in a tree until a park worker comes to help. A free printable 1st grade short story (84 words) with multiple-choice who/where questions, events to number in order and a box to draw in. Answer key on page 2. It matches first grade reading goals, roughly ages 6 to 7.

On this sheet

Lily got a red kite for her birthday. On Saturday, she took it to the park with her big brother, Jack. The wind was strong, and the kite flew up high. Then a big gust pulled the string out of Lily's hand! The kite landed at the top of a tall tree. Lily was sad. A park worker saw them and brought a long ladder. He climbed up and got the kite down. "Thank you!" said Lily. This time, she held the string tight.

Tips for using it

• Before reading, look at the picture and the title together and guess what the passage will be about.
• Ask your child to underline the sentence in the passage that proves each answer.
• Talk about the story afterwards: what was the problem, how was it solved, and what would your child have done?

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.