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Short stories Common Core SL.5.1c resources
Analyze Author's Craft-A Short Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
This fun, engaging fantasy story has a plot twist that will catch your students off guard! Help them use that surprise to analyze the author's craft and improve their reading comprehension. Story Synopsis: Garlok encounters a mystery when he finds a "Dragon Wanted" notice posted in the forest. Who out there would be seeking his amazing skills?Want more Garlok? Click here for the Garlok Characterization BUNDLE and save 19% on each story!This product is sold as a PDF file which includes: - Title P
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3rd - 5th
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Halloween Reading Activity-Make Inferences to Solve the Mystery!
Trick or treat your students into learning during the Halloween season this year with a fun and engaging mystery! Students will think deeply, make inferences and have a blast! This product includes guiding questions, conversation roles, and a conversation guide to promote authentic discussion. Story Synopsis: It's Halloween, and that means costumes and candy and tricks! But at this year's Halloween party a costume goes missing along with the candy, leaving Tommy to sort out the tricks.This produ
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Character and Plot-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension-MEGA BUNDLE
Deepen your students' reading comprehension with TEN different stories featuring ten skills in Garlok the Terrible's fun fantasy world! There's nothing like good characters and interesting plot lines to generate authentic interest and conversation! Help your students practice describing characters and setting, comparing and contrasting characters, analyzing characters, making predictions, expanding vocabulary, exploring plot twist, elements of plot, character motivation, character traits, and le
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3rd - 5th
How the Setting Affects the Plot-Author's Craft in a Short Fantasy Story
How does the setting of a story affect the plot? Help your students cement their understanding of both setting and plot in fantasy world where anything is possible! This fun short will engage your students and also help them generate authentic student-to-student conversation with the included guiding questions, conversation roles, and a student response page. Story Synopsis: Breya is set to give a demonstration in the supposedly haunted room seventeen. She pays the stories no mind, but when thin
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Author's Craft BUNDLE-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension
Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
There's nothing like fun mysteries to generate authentic inferences and conversation! Help your students practice making inferences, speaking and listening skills, observing text clues, using background knowledge and critical thinking in ELEVEN unique mysteries with detective Tommy True. This bundle also includes a making inferences mini-lesson for use with an interactive notebook.This bundle includes:A making inferences mini-lesson for interactive notebooks11 “Tales of Tommy True” short mystery
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3rd - 5th
Analyzing Characters in a Short Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
Generate rigorous discussion with a character that could fit multiple categories. Is Garlok a protagonist or antagonist, a hero or villain? The story includes guiding questions, conversation roles and a conversation guide to help students with authentic collaboration. Story Synopsis: Garlok’s tallest tower is his pride and joy, but it’s been empty for years. What happens when he finds himself with a handful of uninvited guests? This product is sold as a PDF File which includes: - Title Page- 2-p
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Characterization BUNDLE-5 Fantasy Short Stories for Reading Comprehension
Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences-A Mystery for Reading Comprehension
This 5-page mystery story is a great way to promote making inferences through close reading, as students practice re-reading the text to find text clues and draw conclusions! Differing opinions promote authentic conversation and included conversation roles and questions help students with the speaking and listening standards. Synopsis: It's boiling hot, and two of Tommy's friends are out selling lemonade. When their lemonade stand is robbed, it's up to Tommy to catch the thief. This product wor
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Author's Craft BUNDLE-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension
Help your students recognize and analyze author's craft with five different short stories in Breya's fun fantasy world! There's nothing like good characters and interesting plot lines to generate authentic interest and conversation! Help your students recognize the craft of showing, not telling, foreshadowing, using description, planting problems and growing solutions, and analyzing how the setting affects the plot. This bundle also includes conversation guides, discussion questions, and student
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3rd - 5th
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Analyze Text Clues and Make Inferences-A Mystery for Reading Comprehension
Invite your students to come alongside Tommy True as he tries to solve a mystery! They will be making inferences, analyzing text clues, and using background knowledge without even realizing it! Conversation roles and guiding questions are included to promote authentic conversation. Synopsis: Tommy attends Megan's birthday party only to learn that not everyone attending is really her friend. When the birthday finale is sabotaged, Tommy steps in to put the pieces together.This product works well w
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti Complete Book Study
Bundle & Save Eight Days: A Story of Haiti by Edwidge DanticatNo Prep, Digital & Print, Complete Book StudyAre you looking for engaging activities to go along with Eight Days: A Story of Haiti? This resource has everything you need to teach this picture book. And best of all, it is a great companion to the 5th Grade EL Curriculum, Unit 4. Activities include:DedicationPrewritingIntroductionStory QuestionsAuthors NoteFishbowl Discussion News Report Writing This resource includes: Both Pri
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5th
A Short Mystery to Generate Authentic Conversation and Making Inferences
Generate authentic conversation and promote close reading with this short, mystery story designed to help students make inferences. They will observe text clues, draw from background knowledge to make inferences, and discuss their findings with each other! This product includes guiding questions, conversation roles, and a conversation guide to help direct student interaction.Synopsis: One of Tommy's friends finds mysterious bones buried in the forest, and all the neighborhood kids are eager to k
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Making Inferences-Connecting Text Clues in a Short Mystery
Have fun making inferences with this engaging, short mystery! Students will practice observing and connecting text clues to find the solution! This product also includes guiding questions, conversation roles and a conversation guide to help generate authentic discussion. Story Synopsis: When the new girl at school is accused of being a bully, Tommy steps in to clear her name.This product works well with our Making Inferences Mini-Lesson (designed for interactive notebooks). This product is sold
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Recognize Author's Craft-Foreshadowing-A Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
Teach your students to recognize the technique of foreshadowing in an author's story! This fun fantasy story will engage your students and also help them generate authentic student-to-student conversation with the included guiding questions, conversation roles, and a student response page. Story Synopsis: Breya leads a group of young students learning to make magical artifacts through a portal to collect ingredients, but the excursion is interrupted by an unexpected guest on the other side.This
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Author's Craft BUNDLE-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension
Metacognition-Active Thinking in a Short Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
Teach students to tune in to their own thinking as they read! This delightful fantasy story provides a wonderful opportunity for questioning, making predictions, and changing one's thinking based on evidence in the text. Generate authentic student-to-student conversation with included guiding questions, conversation roles, and student response pages. Story Synopsis: Garlok prepares for a march against his mountain fortress, but circumstances aren't what they first appear.Want more Garlok? Click
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3rd - 5th
Problem and Solution-Author's Craft in a Short Fantasy Story
Students often struggle to know how to write strong problems and solutions in their own stories. This short fantasy story will help them take a deep dive into how good authors plant problems and grow solutions in stories. Students will analyze author's craft in an engaging, fantasy world where anything is possible! Materials include guiding questions and conversation roles to generate authentic student-to-student conversation, and a student response page. Story Synopsis: Breya, an apprentice lea
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Author's Craft BUNDLE-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension
MIKE FINK Steven Kellogg * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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SWAMP ANGEL Anne Isaacs * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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PECOS BILL Steven Kellogg * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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JOHNNY APPLESEED Steven Kellogg * Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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Show Not Tell-Observing Author's Craft in a Short Fantasy Story
Help your students identify when an author uses "show, not tell" to introduce characters and improve their reading comprehension with this fun fantasy story! Generate authentic student-to-student conversation with included guiding questions, conversation roles, and a student response page. Story Synopsis: Breya is a student learning to make magical artifacts. It’s down to the final test to see if she will graduate and become Serboh’s apprentice.This product is sold as a PDF file which includes:
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Author's Craft BUNDLE-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension
SALLY ANN..WHIRLWIND CROCKETT Kellogg * Discussion Cards (Answers Included)
20 Comprehension Questions with Answer KeyRationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach prov
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3rd - 5th
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Making Inferences-A Short Mystery for Close Reading and Authentic Conversation
This short mystery is designed for both fun and rigor! Engage your students in authentic conversation, close reading to find text clues, and making inferences using their background knowledge. This product also includes guiding questions, conversation roles, and a conversation guide to help direct discussion. Synopsis: There’s a carnival in town and all of the local kids are excited to play games and win prizes, but one game in particular seems too good to be true.This product works well with ou
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3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Making Inferences with Mysteries for Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle
Naughty or Nice? Mindful Morning Minute Activities for Before December Break
Naughty or Nice? is a fun way to start classes in the last few school days of December, before the Christmas holidays. Broken into nine sections, one for each of those frantic days; students can receive a paper or electronic copy of the day's reading and spend a silent minute enjoying that part of the story, do a reader's theatre with different students taking parts each day, or take turns reading the day's section aloud to the class. They can also follow along while the teacher reads aloud.Keep
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3rd - 6th
Inside Out, SF -5 Read, Pair, Share
This is a read, pair share reading activity that correlates to the reading series created by Scott Foresman "Reading Street". This goes with the story "Inside Out". The Read, Pair, Share includes questions and page numbers throughout the story. Each group or pair of students will find a spot in the room where the screen is visible and read while engaging in accountable talk about the text. After students finish reading and discussing the text, they will write a summary of the story and include
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5th
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