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Short stories guided reading books for Microsoft Word
The Tell-Tale Heart Open Book Scavenger Hunt and KEY
This is a one page, open book, directed reading activity where students search the text for answers to 30 clues. It forces the students to read for detail and content. This is an add water and stir lesson plan, easy for the teacher and with a high effectiveness index for students. It keeps them on task and improves reading comprehension. Please do not share the KEY. A KEY is provided.
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8th - 12th
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
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
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury differentiated packets for ELLs (Central Idea)
Do you teach ELLs? Do you have a lot of different english proficiencies in the same classroom? Do you have trouble differentiating to meet all of these students needs? LOOK NO FURTHER! These packets will challenge your top students with a grade level text and support your newcomers with images and academic sentence starters!
There are 3 levels of “The Veldt” packet that are differentiated to support all students needs.
Level 1 (Newcomers and Entering)- This packet has the lowest level englis
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7th - 12th
By the Waters of Babylon Handout aligned with Common Core Standards
This handout is a complete unit and includes a reading assessment of the short story, By the Waters of Babylon written by Stephen Vincent Benet. This 19-page handout contains a full version of the story with side-by-side text and reading assessment questions. All story questions, graphic organizers and essay prompts follow the requirements set forth in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts & Literacy. The specific standard is listed next to each question so te
Grades:
9th - 11th
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Reading Guide
This is probably my favorite short story to teach ALL YEAR! I love the reactions that I get from my students as they slowly start to figure out and accept the outcome of this plot twisting short story.
Use this reading guide to aid your students' comprehension of the story. Reading guide includes comprehension level questions as well as vocabulary, figurative language, literary elements, and background questions.
Side notes in the guide help students to understand the context of the story as
Grades:
10th - 11th
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
The Most Dangerous Game Modified Version
This modified version of this short story was created for a ninth grade special education student. This file includes a modified version of the story packed with visuals, a vocabulary assignment, reading questions, and then a short assessment at the end.
Grades:
4th - 9th
Zen Shorts Reading Guide, Context Clues (Common Core Aligned)
This reading guide includes 13 vocabulary words. Scholars are asked to read the sentence and look at the illustration in order to understand the meaning of the word. Definitions are included for the teacher’s convenience and for studying purposes for scholars.
Also included are 21 questions which range from comprehension, inference, and analytic – all of which requires refer back to the text. Lines are provided for scholars to write on.
Answers are included for the teacher’s convenience.
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1st - 4th
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Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel Comprehension Questions
This product is a ready to print and use set of comprehension questions and answer key. There are three 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: 3
Synopsis of Mouse Soup by
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K - 4th
Social Stories
Social stories is a great way to engage children in a fun, friendly way, to bigger concepts such as new home rules, riding a bike, sharing with friends, giving hugs, using nice words, going on vacation and more etc....etc..... Social stories help break down bigger concepts for children. It helps children understand social norms and rules within concepts. Please enjoy and be creative!!!!
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PreK - 12th
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THE STORM - story
Welcome to Debs Reading World. I'm stocking my store with exciting stories that I authored. I included interesting reading comprehension exercises and a free lesson plan that is rich in suggested activities. The Storm is one of those stories that prompts readers to wonder what would they do if they were in the same situation. The thumbnails reveal several pages to preview. The lesson plan tells the story in detail. The worksheets cover every detail needed to understand the characters and how
Grades:
3rd - 4th
The Most Dangerous Game adapted for ELLs w 250+ definitions, 14 questions & pics
The original story is now in the public domain. This adapted version is designed for intermediate and advanced English Language Learners. It keeps most the original wording intact, which allows ELLs to use nearly the same quotations from the text as students using the original story. I have removed some remarks, adjectives and details not essential to the story. The story is embedded with over 20 images, 14 comprehension questions, and approximately 250 short definitions of higher level vocabula
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8th - 12th
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Silly "L" Stories (Articulation Activity)
This articulation reading activity includes syllables, all word positions, and sentences featuring the /l/ sound. This book can be used for auditory bombardment and eventually to increase a student/child's productions. In between each short story is a page with a syllable repeated 5 times. You can use this tool for syllables and work up to individual words, and eventually have the student/child read the whole page.
This tool requires cutting out the pages, laminating and attaching a binder rin
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PreK - 3rd
Fly High Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold Comprehension Questions
This product is a ready to print and use set of comprehension questions and answer key. There are three to four questions per chapter that are literal so the students can find the answers directly in the text. 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: 2
Synopsis of
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K - 6th
Ten different Grade 3 Read Aloud Activities (with Willow Award Winning Books)
I have used these books with my grade 3 class but know others that have enjoyed them for grade 4 and even 5!Great for different literacy techniques.
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2nd - 5th
Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon Comprehension Questions
This product is a ready to print and use set of comprehension questions and answer key. There are two to three 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 Minnie and Moo
Grades:
K - 6th
Guided Reading Questions: The Wax Man (Common Core aligned)
This four page guide includes critical thinking/inferential questions and discusses and includes cause and effect sentences.
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier annotated text
"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier annotated text. Includesbefore reading questions to activate prior knowledgeguided reading questionsguided annotationschunked reading post reading questions
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: Writer's Workshop using "Marigolds"
Snake Camp by George Edward Stanley Comprehension Packet
This is a comprehension packet for Snake Camp by George Edward Stanley. I used this with my high readers in first grade and they loved it. The packet contains questions about each chapter and a non-fiction independent research section on the snakes in the story. The questions in the packet also encourage practice with reading strategies such as reading with expression, analyzing character traits, predicting, making inferences, and making connections. Students will be engaged in their reading as
Grades:
1st - 4th
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade Study Guide and Teachers Guide
This study guide requires students to analyze literal and inferential questions for every chapter, so they must "think" about the story as they read! Students will also practice words with prefixes, suffixes, descriptive vocabulary, and main idea. The attached teachers guide gives inferential answers that are mine, yet you may change them to fit your own opinion.
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2nd - 4th
"The Birthmark" - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Guided Reading/AP Skills Questions
The first two pages (guided reading questions) were created for students to complete while reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark." Questions are analytical and require short responses. The questions were created to both promote on-task behavior and invoke higher level thinking. There are two additional pages of AP Skills questions.
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Fisherman and the Jinnee - Arabian Folktale
"The Fisherman and the Jinnee," an excerpt from One Thousand and One nigths, presents a moral story that is very much relevant today: do unto others as you would have other do unto you. In classic Arabian Folktale tradition, this lesson is taught through the use of frame stories, a supernatural genie in a bottle, and a few angry kings!The overall goal of this mini-unit is to teach students how to decipher the message of a story within a story construction while embedding the universal theme of t
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8th - 12th
Reading Comprehension Discussion and Questions Cards ELA All Grades
This file contains 9 pages of discussion (question) cards, for a total of 27 cards. These cards contain both comprehension questions and statements for the students to think about. They are best when used with a nonfiction passage, story, or novel. The questions/statements are not specific to a story, so they can be reused over and over again. These cards can be used as conversation starters in small reading groups, as well as for literature circle discussion groups. I find the cards most useful
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3rd - 6th
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