edHelper.com
 What Are Fringe Benefits?

What Are Fringe Benefits?
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   high interest, readability grades 3 to 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   2.6

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    benefits, dental, insurance, awesome, hopefully, health, jobs, hospital, sounds, fringe, personal, besides, ahead, bills, through, worry

Print What Are Fringe Benefits?
     Print What Are Fringe Benefits?  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format
     Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
     Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format
     Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity
     Print a proofreading activity

Feedback on What Are Fringe Benefits?
     Leave your feedback on What Are Fringe Benefits?  (use this link if you found an error in the story)

What Are Fringe Benefits?
By Patti Hutchison 		  
1     Bill and Sue were talking about their new jobs. They had been hired by the same company. Sue had been reading their company handbook. She was telling Bill about what she had read.
 
2     "We have some awesome fringe benefits at this new job," Sue said excitedly.
 
3     "What are fringe benefits?" Bill asked.
 
4     "They are things besides your pay that the company gives you," Sue explained.
 
5     "Wow, I'm just happy that I'll be getting a paycheck!" Bill exclaimed.
 
6     "Wait ‘til you hear about this other stuff," Sue said.
 
7     Sue went on to explain all the fringe benefits of their new job. She started with sick days. Sue told Bill that the company gives them five sick days a year. If they are sick, they can stay home and still get paid. If they don't use all their sick days, they can save them for the next year.
 
8     "That's great," said Bill.
 
9     Sue said they also get two personal days each year. If they have to have their car fixed or go to the dentist, they can let their boss know ahead of time what days they will need off. They will also get paid for these two days.

Paragraphs 10 to 19:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable
Copyright © 2009 edHelper