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3rd grade short stories resources for Microsoft Word
Packet of Memoir Texts
Packet of 12 Memoir texts
*mentor texts to serve as models for your students as they write their own memoir
*short texts for enjoyment
*great to use with ELA test prep
~~Packet it ready to print and hand-out!~
Texts included:
Grandmama's Kitchen Table (Cynthia Rylant)
Not Enough Emily's (Jean Little)
When I Was Little (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Laughter (Sandra Cisneros)
Home (Michael J. Rosen)
Hairs (Sandra Cisneros)
Alone (Jacqueline Woodson)
Learning the Hard Way (Eloise Greenfield)
Mattie's Ride (
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2nd - 12th
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What Should Danny Do? Activity Booklet
This activity booklet perfectly compliments the story book 'What Should Danny Do?' by Ganit Levy & Adir Levy.What's included in this download:- Doubled sided booklet- Make 2 booklets at a time! Print on A4 to make A5 booklets or blow it up to A3 and make A4 booklets- How to make and use the booklet instruction page- A scenario guide to help you keep track of all the story lines you have read- FOR AUSSIE TEACHERS Australian Curriculum Links English document for Years 1-3. Also useful for Heal
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1st - 6th
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick creative writing example (Just Dessert)
Chris Van Allsburg’s book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick is an excellent medium to teach creative writing. The titled illustrations are accompanied with only the slightest bit of text. A mere suggestion as to what already has happened and might happen. Every turn of the page introduces a unique vignette, an intriguing picture that arouses curiosity that tugs at the imagination, thus sparking new ideas to fill in the blanks. The entire book is a collection of writing prompts! The tantalizing st
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Spanish Reader's Theater: Los Tres Cerditos (The Three Little Pigs)
Reader's Theater is a great tool for building fluency in reading. As a bilingual educator I have found that Spanish reader's theater is a valuable tool to get Spanish language learners to practice their oral development. Although I have used these scripts in my First grade classroom, they would also work well for secondary Spanish classes.
The Three Little Pigs is easy to follow with its repetitive phrases and familiar storyline. This reader's theater is an excellent way for students who are l
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1st - 12th
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Rainy Days: A Social Story About the Fear of Rain and Thunderstorms
This is a social story about rain. This story has been written to help those who have a fear of the rain. This story discusses coping strategies for this fear. This book is part of my series for children on the autism spectrum.
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PreK - 3rd
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Mystery Readers Q&A and Sign Up Sheet
Want to start a Mystery Readers program in your classroom? I used Mystery Readers as a way to get my students excited about guest readers (parents, grandparents, friends & family members, school faculty, local "celebrities", etc) who would come to our classroom to surprise us & read a book to the students. The kids LOVED it & looked forward to finding out new clues each day. This hand out is a fabulous way to explain to parents just how the program works & also to muster up so
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PreK - 4th
Pixar Short Film Workbook - LIFTED
This is a workbook of literacy activities that are paired with the Pixar short film - LIFTED.This is a hilarious film that students adore and I have used this booklet as part of both film studies, creative writing, activator/tune in activities and outer space themed units.It has a range of activities including cloze passage, ordering scenes from the film, pictures, definitions, problem solving and other literacy sentence building activities.I hope you enjoy it as much as my students.
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K - 7th
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Reader's Theater script for The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
This is a reader's theater script for The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. The parts of narrator, grouchy ladybug, and friendly ladybug have be divided into several parts. This script was made for a class of 22 students. It can be adjusted for a classroom of any size.
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1st - 3rd
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade Multiple Choice Test
This ten-question multiple choice test is based on the book by Betsey Duffey and follows my study guide well. Questions will assess items such as event details, vocabulary, character lessons, and main idea.
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2nd - 4th
Chrysanthemum! Teaching the Elements of a Short Story
This unit provides lesson plans for teaching the elements of a short story using Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes as a model. Several graphic organizers are included as well.
Topics covered: setting, characters, conflict, rising and falling action, climax, resolution, and theme.
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3rd - 8th
The Chocolate Touch Comprehension Questions
This product is a ready to print and use set of chapter comprehension questions and answer key. There are 2 to 4 questions per chapter that include a range of literal and inferential questions. Students respond to the questions in complete sentences.
These questions can be used for literacy groups, silent reading, or guided reading groups. I have found that these comprehension questions have increased student test scores in comprehension immensely!
I created this particular set of questions
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3rd - 4th
Personal Narrative Rubric: 5 Categories
Rubric for a personal narrative for elementary student writing- can be adjusted to your liking. Uses several categories: Ideas and Content, Organization, Conventions, Voice, and Word Choice
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3rd - 7th
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"The Case of the Gasping Garbage" Story Test- Scott Foresman Reading Street
This test is to assess comprehension after reading the story "The Case of the Gasping Garbage." The test includes a section in which students are asked to match the story's vocabulary words and definitions, a section in which students match the main characters with their descriptions, and several short answer questions in which students are asked to provide evidence from the text to support their answers.
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Fourth Grade Scott Foresman Story Test BUNDLE!
Social Story- "I Can Respect My Parents"
Better Behavior Booklet: A Social Story- "I Can Respect My Parents", presents a specific behavioral situation, that students may encounter throughout their day, in a very positive manner. The booklet consists of a title page followed by 5 pages of positive examples, illustrations, and/or reasons to support the target behavior---presented in a short story format. In this particular booklet, supporting the need to respect one's parents/ understand why this is important is the target behavior that
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PreK - 3rd
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Skirt Girl - Reading passage for er, ir, ur, wor words
After having them copy, sort, and read in isolation all those /er/ words, give the students a chance to demonstrate their skills of recognizing /er/ patterns in context!
Here's an original story full of words spelled with er, ir, ur, and wor. Students should be able to decode all these words after practicing the patterns in class. You could even use it for close reading or to develop vocabulary. They can even find the words and sort them into groups on the back!
I usually give away everything
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1st - 3rd
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Evidence Stems - Using Evidence in responses with an Animated Short
This worksheet is based on a COMPELLING animated short video titled Dreamgiver: https://vimeo.com/36833415. Your students will be MESMERIZED by this film!!This wordless video is a 6 minute story. A group of orphans sleep peacefully in an orphanage. Quietly the window opens and a mysterious creature with goggles and a notepad lands on the windowsill. This creature is the Dreamgiver. His job is to make dreams peaceful for sleeping children about a creature that provides dreams to children.The comp
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3rd - 7th
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Social Story- "I Can Respect My Teacher"
Better Behavior Booklet: A Social Story- "I Can Respect My Teacher", presents a specific behavioral situation, that students may encounter throughout their day, in a very positive manner. The booklet consists of a title page followed by 5 pages of positive examples, illustrations, and/or reasons to support the target behavior---presented in a short story format. In this particular booklet, supporting the need to respect the teacher is the target behavior that is being discussed. Each page of the
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PreK - 3rd
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Blank Book Templates
Use these book templates for students who are looking to do their final copy of their writer's workshop in a fun format.
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1st - 5th
Fiction Reading Comprehension Unit for Third Grade
Grade 3 Fiction Unit
Virginia SOL/ Common Core Objectives Addressed
3.3
(3.3a) Use knowledge of regular and irregular vowel patterns
(3.3b) Decode Multisyllabic Words
3.4
(3.4b) Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms (A)(D)
(3.4d) Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words
(3.4a) Use knowledge of homophones
(3.4) Using transition words of cause-effect (e.g., because, if…then, when…then)
3.5
(3.5a) Set purpose for reading
(3.5c) Make, confirm, and revise predictions
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3rd - 4th
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Nate the Great and the Big Sniff Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Comp
This product is a ready to print and use set of comprehension questions and answer key. There are two to four questions per chapter and they include a range of literal and inferential questions. Students respond to the questions in complete sentences.
These questions can be used for literacy groups, silent reading, or guided reading groups. I have found that these comprehension questions have increased student test scores in comprehension immensely!
Total Pages: 5
Synopsis of Nate the Great
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1st - 6th
Fiction and Non-Fiction Story Maps
Quick and easy story maps for students to complete after having read a fiction or non fiction book or passage.
Three maps are included for each fiction and non fiction - one with a parent signature required, one with a space for an AR (Accelerated Reader) score and parent signature, and one with no parent signature required.
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1st - 6th
Three Little Pigs Readers Theatre for six parts -REVISED version in store
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This is a readers theater script originally written for 2nd graders, but could be used in 3rd or 4th as well. There are six parts, the 3 pigs, the wolf, a narrator, and a "man". Basic sound effects/stage directions are included should the performers wish to act it out as well.
Rather than having the narrator primarily descibe the end of the wolf, which happens so often, I made sure the piggy characters also told each other (an
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2nd - 4th
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Pixar Short Film "Topo" Sequencing Picture Activity
First show your students the Pixar Short Film "Topo". Following the film, pass out the pictures and have your students cut and put into order. There are 5 pictures from the video. In order to make this activity more advanced, you could have your students create a foldable. They will glue in the picture and write a brief description of what happened during that scene.
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3rd - 8th
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The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf Reader's Theater Script
Here is a shortened version script to use during a reader's theater, small group, or a fairy tale/folk tale unit.
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K - 3rd
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