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2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
The 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension and Fluency Passages with Questions product contains 10 reading passages (6 fiction and 4 nonfiction) that target both COMPREHENSION and FLUENCY. Each passage is presented twice, in 2 versions, and it's followed by a True/ False sort. You can use this product both as a PRINTABLE and a DIGITAL RESOURCE.You can select the pages you want to assign to Google Classroom!The students will have to: *read each text 3 times and color a star after each reading ( for flue
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2nd - 3rd
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Writing Fractured Fairy Tales (LapBook & Graphic Organizers)
Fractured fairy tales take the traditional fairy tales that you know and change them. Elements such as the characters, setting, point of view or plot might be changed.What is included in this resource?Graphic Organizers:* Prewriting brainstorming (2 worksheets)* Planning Story Elements* Planning Story Sequence* Comparing Stories*** An informational sheet about fractured fairy tales is also included.Mini-LapBook:Students will select a traditional fairy tale and write a new fractured version of
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3rd - 4th
Wh Questions Short Stories Speech Therapy Answering What Where When Language
Wh- questions in 15 short stories to improve answering questions, auditory and reading comprehension and recall for speech therapy and classroom lessons. What, where, why, when, who, and how questions are included for every story!Multiple levels of difficulty, including both shorter and longer paragraphs for a variety of length and detail in the stories.⭐ Wh- Questions in Short Stories15 Paragraph Short Stories6 Wh- Questions for every storyStories are 5-9 sentences in lengthWhat, where, who, wh
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1st - 4th
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Story Sequencing: Reading Passages to Sequence Events
Story Sequencing Reading Passages This pack contains 20 reading comprehension passages that target FLUENCY and COMPREHENSION through SEQUENCING STORY EVENTS in an INTERACTIVE way.The students will really have to go back in the text to be able to do the cut and paste.The students will have to:* read the passage 3 times to improve FLUENCY* cut the sentences at the bottom of the page and glue them in the order they are in the story to show COMPREHENSION Story titles:1. Kate's Breakfast2. Tom's New
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1st - 2nd
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Bossy R Reading Passages | R-Controlled Vowels Worksheets
This set contains five double-sided mini-books to practice Bossy R. Each booklet focuses on one r controlled vowel. The booklets included are: ar, er, ir, or, and ur. The books work great for RTI and for Science of Reading instruction. They also work well as an introductory activity, a review of skills, for tutoring, at a center, or as part of your homeschool curriculum. Each booklet includes:Words with picture clues to introduce the soundWord list to practice the new skillReading passageCircl
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Bossy R Worksheets Games Posters Task Cards Reading Passages Bundle
The Veldt, Ray Bradbury Short Story Worksheets + Multimedia, PDF & Google Drive
If your students can’t go an hour without looking at their phones, they need to read “The Veldt.”Ray Bradbury’s chilling futuristic short story, “The Veldt,” gives us a glimpse of a world where children love their devices more than their families. Sound familiar? This compelling 90-minute lesson will get your students reading, thinking, and discussing the consequences of our tech-dependent culture. The materials (5-page PDF with links to online media and Google Drive versions of all student hand
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8th - 11th
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CVC Stories Reading passages with comprehension questions CVC Words Sight Words
These adorable stories will have your kindergarten and/or first grade students practicing so many reading skills. Each story targets CVC and sight words to build their fluency and comprehension. I read the story first, then we read it together chorally and finally I have students read it on their own. Then we read the comprehension questions and fill in the answers. 30 different stories are included, and they each come in both color and black/white. This download is for CVC stories set #1.-
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K - 2nd
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Nursery Rhymes Printables - Story Retelling Worksheets - NO PREP
These 12 NO PREP nursery rhymes printables will make your story retelling and sequencing review fun! These worksheets are fantastic for preschool and kindergarten because your students will build fine motor skills when they color, cut and paste events from the story to recreate the nursery rhyme in the correct order.Each worksheet features one nursery rhyme and 4 events to cut and paste in sequence. The worksheet also includes a copy of the nursery rhyme for reference.Featured Nursery Rhymes:♥
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PreK - 1st
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Short Story Creative Writing (Roll-a-Story)
Introductory PowerPoint covering the elements of a short story plus silly story starters for creative writing in a "Roll-a-Story" format. These four "Roll-a-Story" cards allow for 864 different story combinations! Students first roll a die to select a character, then roll to select a setting and one more roll to select the conflict. Then let the creative writing fun begin.I suggest laminating the "Roll-a-Story" cards. Students only need to use a card briefly, for three rolls of the die. The
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3rd - 6th
Story Elements Task Cards
16 DIFFERENTIATED Half-Page Story Elements Task Cards! Each task card includes an original short story as well as open-ended question prompts for each story element including Characters, Setting, Problem, Key Events, and Solution.This resource includes the following formatting options:Half page task cardsFull-Page printable versions with lines for answersDIGITAL version via Google SlidesThese Story Elements Task Cards are differentiated for your convenience.The first set of task cards (16 cards
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3rd - 5th
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Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Christmas Reading Comprehension Fluency Passages and Questions First Grade
Christmas Reading Comprehension WorksheetsChristmas reading comprehension is perfect way to practice reading fluency and comprehension for the month of December! These engaging stories and reading comprehension questions will entertain students for morning work, homework, small groups, or independent work.Each Christmas reading comprehension passage includes:A Christmas-themed passage (text) readA matching image (black and white)A fluency component: students must read the passage three times, c
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1st - 2nd
Personal Narrative Writing Unit for 4th and 5th Grade | Full Lesson Plans
This is a "no prep" personal narrative unit, meaning that all of the organizers and teacher models are included. Print out the pages you need, and you're all set to teach your students how to write great narratives! This complete unit can be used on its own, or in addition to your Writing Interactive Notebooks! It's great for teaching your class about personal narrative writing! Common Core Standard Aligned - preview for the alignment guide. Works great with other standards!Click "preview" to se
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4th - 5th
Sequence of Events- Activities
⭐️✅Looking for a way to engage your students with retell and sequencing? This is perfect for students to show what they know! Answer keys included!✔️Cut and paste, worksheets, and activities✔️Susie works at the Zoo and loves her job. Mr. Farmer has a busy day! Molly is having a birthday party! Read the stories and order the events.✔️Maria is baking a cake, help her make her cake in the correct order✔️Sequence task cards for whole group or small group reteach if you like. Use as an intro to your
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K - 4th
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Paper Bag Book Report Project - Novel Study Templates - Reading Comprehension
Paper Bag Book Report: Fun Book Report Project for ANY Novel or Short Story - This package is perfect for your upcoming novel study unit or short story unit, as it provides students with everything they need to create a Paper Bag Book Report on ANY novel or short story! All activities are classroom tested and include creative handouts, information sheets, detailed instructions, and templates! Two separate Paper Bag Book Report packages have been included: one for use with ANY novel, and one tha
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3rd - 6th
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Level I Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Digital Resource
Level I Reading Comprehension PassagesDo you need some no prep reading passages and reading comprehension activities for your level I readers?This set includes 10 leveled passages, each with comprehension activities. Five of the ten passages are nonfiction passages. It also includes a "I Can Read Level I" bonus journal cover! (Provided in portrait and landscape)——DISTANCE LEARNING UPDATE: April 3, 2020—— ***I have now added DIGITAL versions of every single passage! These passages have been form
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1st - 2nd
Harrison Bergeron, Literary Analysis + Video, Kurt Vonnegut, PDF & Google Drive
Use this compelling two-day (or possibly three-day, depending on your pacing) lesson on Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s chilling futuristic short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” as a stand-alone lesson, as part of any short story unit, or as a supplement to any larger dystopian novel study, such as Brave New World, The Giver, or The Hunger Games.Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s story presents a chilling vision of a future where everyone has the exact same level of intelligence, talent, and beauty. Shouldn’t we want to level
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8th - 11th
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Teaching Symbolism and Allegory - Introduction Activity & PowerPoint
Teaching symbolism can be tricky, but symbolism activities like this one HOOK your students and help them engage with any text. This is a sweet introduction to symbolism that your students will remember long after the candy is gone.⭐️ I use this with “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, but it is not text-specific. You can use it with any short story or novel or as a stand-alone lesson. Your resource for teaching symbolism includes:An anticipatory set using Tootsie Roll Pops (or Blow Po
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7th - 10th
Short Stories WH Questions - Speech Therapy - Listening Comprehension Passages
These 15 short stories with WH questions include who, what, when, where, why and how questions. Great for working on answering Wh- questions, auditory comprehension, and memory!Includes WH Questions Chart as a visual aid.(Psst . . . this resource is included in my Short Stories BUNDLEand my Speech-Language MEGA Bundle at a big discount!) Includes 15 short stories (6-9 sentences in length) with three levels of support for each passage: Level 1: Includes multiple choices with pictures. Students ca
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Not Grade Specific
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"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Unit with Hunger Games Comparison
"The Lottery" Short Story Literature GuideThis package of documents features numerous materials for teaching Shirley Jackson's 1948 short story "The Lottery." Includes an introduction activity (using real stones), guided reading questions (for recall/comprehension, analysis, applying, critical thinking), discussion questions, a character chart, extended activities, a 26-question quiz (15 multiple choice, 9 vocabulary matching, 2 short answer essay), and a theme comparison with the novel The Hung
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
CVC Fluency: Roll and Read
****This is part of a BUNDLE available HERE***
***The BUNDLE includes:***
The 12 packets include:
*Sound it Out
*Dot A Word Family
*Spin and Write
*Roll and Color
*Color by Word Family
*CVC Scoops ABC Order !
*Find and Record coming
*Simple Sentences coming
*Word Search and Sentences
*Read and Make Simple Sentences
*Fluency: Roll and Read
*Reading Comprehension
CVC Fluency: Roll and Read
Each Roll and Read page focuses on one specific word family. Students roll a die and read th
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: CVC Fluency THE BUNDLE
Reading Comprehension and Fluency Pack
This BEST SELLING 114 page reading comprehension and fluency pack has three differentiated comprehensions for each phonics sound. Each passage has a shape next to it which shows the different level. To help improve fluency and aid comprehension, each passage has the numbers 1-3 at the top. Students are encouraged to read the passage three times. Each time they read the passage, they color in a number.Each sound has an original comprehension story with comprehension questions that cover who, what
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K - 3rd
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Digraphs Decodable Reading Passages for Kindergarten Digital Resource
Build digraphs fluency with these decodable digraphs reading comprehension passages and questions! They are perfect for students who are newly learning digraphs. Use them with emergent readers, kindergarteners, for intervention, tutoring, and more!For every passage, you will find:• The skill listed in the left hand corner so it's easy for you and your students to reference.• 3-6 short vowel words with digraphs for the targeted skill listed with tracking dots underneath so that your students can
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K - 1st
CVC Fluency: Sound it Out
****This is part of a BUNDLE available HERE***
***The BUNDLE includes:***
The 12 packets include:
*Sound it Out
*Dot A Word Family
*Spin and Write
*Roll and Color
*Color by Word Family
*CVC Scoops ABC Order !
*Find and Record coming
*Simple Sentences coming
*Word Search and Sentences
*Read and Make Simple Sentences
*Fluency: Roll and Read
*Reading Comprehension
CVC Fluency: Sound it Out
Each Sound it Out page works with a specific word family. Students bingo dab the beginning, m
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: CVC Fluency THE BUNDLE
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