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Short stories Common Core RL.3.3 resources
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Readers Theater Script Point of View
Students of all ages enjoy “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” and will love performing this clever Readers’ Theater play which takes place after the story ends. This script lets your students practice fluency in a fun, engaging way. All you have to do is print and get started! It's perfect for small groups, short weeks in between units, or for sub plans.Play features the wolf, 1 pig, and 3 news reporters. Your students will laugh at the banter between the characters as the wolf tries, y
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3rd - 6th
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MORE MINI MYSTERIES: 20 Fun Mystery Stories & Reading Comprehension Activities
Grab your reluctant readers' attention with these short, high-interest mysteries! No prep worksheets sure to improve reading comprehension.Follow along with Detective Cody as she solves these 20 intriguing "whodunits" mysteries. Reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills get a workout as students read each mystery, then follow the clues to their logical conclusions. Clever questions and activities encourage students to find facts, read for details, analyze situations, make inferences, p
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2nd - 6th
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3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions Worksheet Toothy® Bundle
Have you heard of Toothy® yet?! Toothy® task kits are highly engaging games that allow students to practice reading comprehension skills by answering questions in a fun, motivating way. The answers on the back of the passages make the activity self-paced and self-correcting. Teach the rules for Toothy® once at the beginning of the year, then simply switch out the topic each week and use the activity all year! Toothy® Task Kits- an original idea from Angie Olson at ©Lucky Little Learners, LLC.⭐️D
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3rd
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Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folk Tales Reading Comprehension with Passages
2,000 + pages, including 18 stories, reader's theater, mini-books, author's theme, character analysis, using text evidence, word wall cards, context clues, story elements, reading comprehension graphic organizers, and much more! This resource will make literacy stations a breeze! After introducing a text to your students, there are plenty of additional materials for centers, small group instruction, or independent work. You will have months of instructional materials at your fingertips.This
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1st - 4th
Character Analysis Task Cards- Character Traits Passages & Graphic Organizers
If your students need practice thinking about and understanding characters, these reading task cards are sure to help. Your students will love these engaging character traits task cards! Each fiction character traits passage takes up just a half page so they won't take a long time for your students to read and they are focused on helping your students understand character traits, feelings, thoughts, and actions. The passages could be used to teach a variety of reading comprehension skills, but t
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Task Card Bundle - Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
The Case of the Lost Pop Star Reading Comprehension Mystery for Taylor Swift Fan
⭐️ If your students are into solving mysteries, deciphering clues, and doing a little detective work, then this reading comprehension activity is for you! If you have Taylor Swift or pop music fans, your students will love helping our heroine, Amber Dash, practice reading while deciphering clues to find her missing guitar for her big concert. Students read a detective-style story about a missing guitar belonging to major pop star, Amber Dash. The story is broken into five sections, each with it
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Magical Mysteries Reading Comprehension GROWING Bundle 2nd-5th Grade
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg Reading Comprehension Activities
These engaging reading printables are perfect comprehension activities for the Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. With 18 printables and 7 digital activities, you'll have so many things to choose from! Each activity supports the comprehension of the Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. Help your students to discover the identity of the stranger on their own by encouraging students to pay attention to the stranger's behavior and the unusual things that happen on the farm while the stranger is visiting. S
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Chris Van Allsburg Author Study Bundle
Self-Grading & Digital Grade 3 Daily Common Core Reading Practice Weeks 1-5
(Self-Grading/Digital & Printable Daily Practice Included) Quick, Daily Common Core ELA Practice! Five weeks are included. This document is a convenient way to cover and review the Common Core Reading Standards in 5 minutes a day. Use these short passages as a daily morning activity, as nightly Common Core homework, or as a quick daily review. Each week is thematic so students learn informational and literature topics as they prepare for the Common Core Standards. Answer keys are inclu
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3rd
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Fables, Fairytales, Folktales, and Myths Digital Reading Passages Fairy Tales
This resource includes 30 fables, folktales, fairy tales, and myth short stories and corresponding questions. You can use this to practice creative writing with your students, as well as character traits, and answering questions from a story. Some questions require students to write responses and some are multiple choice. This resource includes a pdf version and a link to the digital version that can be assigned through Google™ Classroom. Click here for a video preview.You may also be interested
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2nd - 5th
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Compare & Contrast Characters- A Fantasy Short Story for Reading Comprehension
Students compare and contrast characters in the delightful fantasy world of Garlok the Terrible. The product includes a short story, student response pages, as well as conversation guides, roles, and guiding questions to help generate authentic discussion. Story Synopsis: It's showtime for Garlok- a hero has finally arrived! But things don't go quite according to plan, for either of them!This product is sold as a PDF file which includes: - Title Page- 2-page teacher guide for story implementatio
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3rd - 5th
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Fractured Fairy Tales & 5 Wh Questions -Reading Comprehension No Prep Worksheets
These 40 high-interest, low readability fractured fairy tales with a twist were designed to help students improve their reading comprehension skills. These no prep worksheets will also help them to experience unusual and varying points of view. By reading the short, humorous stories and answering the accompanying who, what, when, where, and why questions, students will learn to apply comprehension strategies so that they can understand and retain the information they read. Contents Include:- 4
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2nd - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Passages with Text Dependent Questions
Engage readers with high-interest realistic fiction passages and comprehension questions! Students will practice their close reading skills with a variety of other fiction reading skills. Each of the five passages has a set of multiple choice questions and short answer questions that require students to use their text evidence skills.Grades: 2nd and 3rd grade readers but has been used with intervention, at-risk and enrichment groups at other grade levels This product includes:5 fiction passages5
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2nd - 4th
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Sequencing Strips - 6 Fiction Stories Sequence of Events Activity
This activity includes 6 fiction stories for students to cut out in strips and order them correctly based on the context and sequencing key words. Perfect for centers, independent work, sequencing key word identification, group work, or as an informal assessment. NO PREP NECESSARY! Print paper copies then students individually cut out their story and then sort it correctly by glueing it on the recording sheet. Or you can print the sequence stories on card stock and laminate to use as a center.
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3rd - 5th
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Paired Passages Paired Texts Compare and Contrast Passages
A set of 35 paired passages, or paired texts, for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades can help meet the demand for short, complex texts. Includes self-grading Google Forms versions plus Printable versions. Short texts can be used to master specific skills in a short amount of class time. These can be used as warm-up work, bell work, test prep, small group instruction, homework, intervention, or sub work. *******************************************************************************************************
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3rd - 5th
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Native American Folktale: "How Bear Lost His Tail" Reading Comprehension
Over 90 pages, including reader's theater, 20+ activities, mini-book, comparing text to media, text at multiple levels, and more! This resource has been carefully crafted for cultural sensitivity. The set includes several story presentation options, including a "print and go" version, a mini-book version, and Google slides. More than 20 activities are included (most are also digital) to meet a variety of levels from mid-1st grade to 4th grade. Activities include cause and effect, author's th
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Essentials Bundle
Story Elements Multiple Choice Passages - 3rd and 4th Grade RL.3.3 RL.4.3
This multiple-choice reading passage set comes with 3 differentiated passages for the Story Elements and Character Traits standards. This covers the RL.3.3 and RL.4.3 standards. There are three passages that come with 3 different levels. The 3 standards-based passages are focused on story elements in a fiction text.Your students will practice their reading comprehension skills by reading the passage, then answering the multiple-choice questions. You can choose to differentiate these passages wit
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3rd - 4th
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SHORT MYSTERY STORIES & READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES: Follow Clues -Engaging
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket while students solve these captivating short mysteries?! Students follow clues with these 36 mysteries. So engaging they won't even know they are learning.These no prep worksheets are sure to be a student AND teacher favorite. Students solve the mystery and practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, stu
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Aesop's Fables Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions: 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
Ten timeless fables by Aesop are accompanied by comprehension questions. Third, fourth, or fifth grade students infer, find word meaning, describe story elements, find the moral, and more. Stories have been adapted for upper elementary reading. You will also receive three anchor charts, organizers, and worksheets for summarizing and finding a moral.Open the preview to take a closer look.At the core of the resource, short-response questions accompany ten one-page fables:“The Ants and the Grasshop
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Aesop’s Fables Unit & Lesson Plans – Genre Study for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
Read-Its® Paired Passages - Winter Edition | Distance Learning
Reading Comprehension ~ Close Reading ~ Reading Passages ~ Paired PassagesGet Ready to READ and RESPOND with my brand newREAD-ITS® Paired Passages TRIFOLDS! This resource contains 16 passages on 8 different Winter topics to implement from December - February. The best part is that these Trifolds fit beautifully into your INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS! BUT WAIT!!!! If you are going to buy them all, check out MY READ-ITS® MEGA YEARLONG GROWING BUNDLE!Read-Its®Yearlong GROWING BundleCheck out the Read-It
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Read-Its® Paired Passages - Yearlong MEGA Bundle | Distance Learning
The Story Mountain LINKtivity® (Fiction Story Structure for Plot)
Teaching reading sills is critical to building strong readers. Give your students a unique interactive, multimedia experience for learning about the story mountain in a fiction story. The simple teacher prep and the easy-to-navigate digital LINKtivity learning guide are perfect for any upper elementary classroom (even great for substitute days)!Your students will love this self-paced, student-controlled digital activity that allows them to discover the different parts of the story mountain inclu
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3rd - 5th
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Daily Reading Comprehension Review - Third Quarter
A spiral Daily Reading Passages Comprehension Review in self-grading Google Forms plus Printable versions. Includes 45 reading passages that can be used as warm-up work, bell work, test prep, guided reading passages with comprehension questions, or homework.❤️Printable❤️Google Forms (self checking - immediate student feedback)⭐ If you prefer the Entire Year Bundle version that also includes a Google Slides version, click here.❤️Contentsone cover page for each week (9)45 passages, each with 4 que
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3rd
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Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks Language Arts Pack
Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks is a fantastic mentor text for your students! This packet will build background knowledge, increase student understanding of character traits, theme, summarizing, and more!Product Includes the following:Teacher Lesson PlanCharacter Trait ActivityCharacter Trait MapsTheme Graphic OrganizerDrawing Inferences Plot Graphic OrganizerSummarizing Graphic OrganizerText-to-Self ConnectionsText-to-Wold ConnectionsVerbs WorksheetAdjectives WorksheetMentor Sentences Act
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3rd - 6th
"Paul Bunyan" NO-PREP Reading Comprehension ELA Resource
Over 90 NO-PREP resource pages, including reader's theater, 20+ activities, mini-book, comparing text to media, text at multiple levels, and more!The set includes several story presentation options, including a "print and go" version, a mini-book version, and Google slides. More than 20 activities are included (most are also digital) to meet a variety of levels from mid-1st grade to 4th grade. Activities include cause and effect, author's theme, sequencing, reading comprehension, character ana
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Essentials Bundle
Snowman Detective Magical Mystery Reading Comprehension Print & Digital Activity
⛄ If your students are into solving mysteries, deciphering clues, and doing a little detective work, then this reading comprehension printable and digital activity is for you! Students read a detective-style story about a vanishing snowman. The story is broken into six sections, each with its own set of reading comprehension questions that will be answered to decipher a clue. Can your students find the right clues and figure out which suspect is responsible?"Dear brilliant detectives... we have
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Magical Mysteries Reading Comprehension GROWING Bundle 2nd-5th Grade
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