Kindergarten Level A Guided Reading Passages

Finding high-quality guided reading passages that will be engaging for your kindergarten students can be challenging. Students love these passages because they are high-interest, engaging, and at their level. Teachers love how they include comprehension questions, fluency practice, running record templates, and NO PREP!

This PDF resource includes 15 original, fiction reading passages at the guided reading level A. The reading passages will create a high level of engagement for your beginning readers and are perfect for their reading level. Level A is the equivalent of a kindergarten reading level.

The titles of the fiction reading passages are as follows:

1. What Should Dad Get?
2. Tommy’s Pumpkin
3. Nugget the Puppy
4. Time for Breakfast
5. Time for Lunch
6. Jack’s Walk
7. Molly’s Visit to the Zoo
8. Recess
9. Doing Math
10. Scott’s Pet
11. Tina’s Clothes
12. Simon’s Clothes
13. School Supplies
14. Hard Work on the Farm
15. What Does Mia See in the Ocean?

Each reading passage includes a cover page in color and black/white.

There is one page of reading comprehension questions per passage.

The comprehension questions are fill in the blank format, using picture cues.

There is an answer key included for every page.

Need to do running records for your students? There is a running record recording sheet for each guided reading passage.

Looking for a way to practice fluency for your beginning readers? There is a recording sheet with the word count listed, and a chart to mark the words correct/incorrect for the first, second, and third reading.