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Free short stories activities
Free Sequencing Stories
This set of 4 black and white sequencing stories are a sample from my Four Seasons Sequencing Set that includes 80 stories. These sequencing stories are great for targeting a variety of speech and language goals including auditory comprehension, story retell, sequencing information, answering questions, sentence structure and articulation in conversation. *NOTE: The pictures on the stories are in order to provide visuals for students as they read the story. The pictures are designed to be cut
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K - 3rd
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FREE CVC Stories Reading passages CVC Words Sight Words Comprehension Fluency
These no prep stories will have your kindergarten and/or first grade students practicing so many reading skills. Each story uses CVC words and sight words to build student's fluency and comprehension. This listing is for FIVE FREE STORIES! ♥♥ NEED MORE CVC STORIES? ♥♥CLICK HERE FOR SET #1 CLICK HERE FOR SET #2CLICK HERE FOR SET #3CLICK HERE FOR SET #4⭐ SAVE WITH THE BUNDLE ⭐Purchase all four sets of these CVC stories in a money saving bundle!I read the story first, then we read it together c
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K - 2nd
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FREE Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions - First Grade - Kindergarten
This reading passage with comprehension questions is FREE! Included are pre-reading activities and follow up reading and and writing activities too. Students are practicing fluency, comprehension, writing, vocabulary, sight words, illustrating and MORE!This is a FREE preview of my complete READ AND COMPREHEND unit. Included in the complete unit are 10 reading passages with coordinating activities. I like to use one topic per week. To learn more, please CLICK HEREI hope you love this resource
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K - 2nd
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Spooky Story Writing - Halloween Writing Activity - Free Halloween Lesson
Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they’ll plan and write a spooky story as they combine each element into an entertaining writing piece. Perfect for a Halloween lesson, Halloween activity or any time of the year!This activity taps into students’ natural love of scary stori
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4th - 7th
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Easy Reader's Theatre Fairy Tale Scripts FREEBIE
As a first grade teacher, I struggled to find reader's theatre scripts that were easy enough for my young students to read, so I wrote my own!
This is a FREE sample of Little Red Riding Hood (with six parts) to try out in your own classroom.
All scripts have picture cues to make it easier for your students to find their parts. I've tried to create each script to be at approximately a mid-first grade level.
To see more of my fairy tale reader's theatre scripts, click below!
Easy Reader's Th
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K - 2nd
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FREE Vowel Teams - Short Stories and Reading Diphthongs - Phonics Worksheets
Teaching the kindergarten and first grade phonics standards can be fun and engaging with these activities. Your students will love practicing vowel teams, long vowels and diphthongs with these printables and activities.These activities are a FREE PREVIEW from our comprehensive Vowel Teams Phonics Unit.The complete unit includes assessments, centers, games, worksheets, alphabet cards, picture cards and so much more!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I absolutely love this resource! My students really enjoyed using these int
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K - 2nd
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Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Differentiated FICTION FREE
Do you need leveled reading comprehension passages for homework or small group work? This differentiated reading FREEBIE has 9 fiction reading passages with comprehension questions covering 3 levels...Emergent, Growing, Established. Excellent for leveled homework, reading groups, or assessment. ✅ Written for 1st grade, but may work for some Kindergarten and 2nd graders as well! ❤️ Kids will follow Pat the Cat, Tip the Dog, and their family on adventures!> Check out the YEAR LONG BUNDLE with 1
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1st
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages Differentiated Fiction BUNDLE
Reading Comprehension Passage 1st Grade FREE
This is a FREE sample from Differentiated Winter Reading Passages for Grade 1.
Included are 3 levels of the story, 2 comprehension question options, and answer keys.
Looking for more passages like this? Check out my available Grade 1 seasonal packs below!
Differentiated Fall Reading Passages for Grade 1
Differentiated Winter Reading Passages for Grade 1
Differentiated Spring Reading Passages for Grade 1
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1st - 2nd
Pixar Shorts Film Theme Plot Literary Elements, Devices, Analysis SEL Activities
This study guide using the Pixar short film, Joy and Heron, is a fun way to teach literary elements like THEME and CONFLICT. These Free worksheets guide students through the process of using the conflict and resolution to identify the theme of a story. It has mega fun appeal, but is also rigorous and challenging. Want to go deeper and digital? CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL GOOGLE SLIDES LITERARY WORKSHOP of Joy and HeronFilm Synopsis: A cute puppy, Joy, scuffles with an ornery Heron when the bird tr
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5th - 8th
Inferences and Context Clues Short Stories Free Sample for Speech Therapy
These short stories are designed for speech therapy can be provided for distance learning to help students make inferences and use context to determine meaning. Areas targeted include: learning new vocabulary, recognizing and understanding figurative language, and answering “why” and “how” questions. Stories are intended to be relatable for students in 2nd through 4th grade. Examples of story themes are: eating out, reading a report card, Halloween, and going to the beach. This free sample incl
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2nd - 8th
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NG Glued Sounds Phonics Games, Passages, Decodable Readers | I Can Read FREEBIE
These –ng decoding activities are perfect for students who need practice reading and writing –ing, -ang, -ong, and -ung words. These phonics activities are designed to move students from slowly blending words to a level where decoding is habitual and automatic.Science of Reading AlignedIf you’re a member of the HG Phonics Club you DO NOT need this bundle! All activities are included in the membership! Already purchased the Phonics Brochure Bundle on TpT?No worries! These passages are new! You ca
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1st - 2nd
Bossy "R" ~R Controlled Vowel Passage for Highlighting.
This Bossy "R" passage is perfect for fluency practice, highlighting r controlled vowels, writing words on a tree map, or just practicing reading Bossy "R" words in context.
By Kelsey Anderson
Graphics by Lovin' Lit
Here is a link to my updated, and not to mention prettier version of this resource that is much more user friendly, and also includes a Common Core based Comprehension Page attached!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bossy-R-R-Controlled-Vowel-Passage-for-Highlighting-wi
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2nd - 3rd
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The Little Red Hen-On the FarM-Story Telling -Sequencing Visuals-FREEBIE
This package consists of story telling visuals and sequencing story elements for the popular FOLK TALE titled "The Little Red Hen". It is included in my MEGA FARM UNIT (Over 400 pages of resources- literacy, numeracy, science, and art) and I am presenting here for FREE.
If you are teaching your students about The Farm, you might want to check out my MEGA FARM ANIMAL THEME PACK
This FREEBIE includes:
A full color, full page visuals of the story- adapted by me to include all the farm animals
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PreK - 1st
"All Summer in a Day" Short Story-Metaphors, Figurative Language, Bullying Theme
This free, awesome science fiction short story resource is great for exploring beautifully executed figurative language, the theme of bullying, and a fascinating setting. Students read a very short, very well-written short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury that is available free in easy-print format. ELA students analyze the text, make inferences, cite textual evidence, and find similes and metaphors in the reading comprehension exercise. They even consider what motivates students to bul
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5th - 10th
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Free Roll a Story Writing Prompt
Do you have reluctant writers who say, 'I don't know what to write about!"?Grab this FREE and easy activity for creative story writing. This narrative writing activity is perfect for writing centers.You can print and laminate the color version and you've got a literacy center, writing center, morning work, or early finisher task - whatever you like!There is also a black and white option or you could share the prompt on your interactive whiteboard.There are two writing pages as well, with dotted
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1st - 3rd
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FREE SAMPLE of Context Clue Passage, Vocabulary Activities and Reading Passage
This is a FREE SAMPLE of my Vocabulary in Context Grades 4-6 resource. Vocabulary in Context is great for building vocabulary, applying learned vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency! These passages use real photographs to help support comprehension which is a great strategy if using for ELL's or intervention. This free sample includes:Reading Passage- Full reading passage with word count, 10 embedded vocabulary wordsVocabulary- Vocabulary list with definitionsApplication Activity- Fill in the
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Context Clues Reading Passages and Activities Bundle with Vocabulary
Reader's Theater: Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan (differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation while meeting several Common Core Reading standards! This reader’s theater set features the popular tall tale of Paul Bunyan written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 3 scripts! Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challenge students with tier 2 vocabulary and
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3rd - 6th
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Story Sequencing - Sequencing Stories with Pictures - End of Year
The secret to teaching sequencing! Your kindergarten and first grade students will love practicing retelling with this print and go sequencing activity. These retelling end of the year stories will have your students excited to practice the critical thinking skill of order of events while also practicing their fine motor skills. Your young learners will enjoy cutting, pasting, and putting the events in order. The short stories are engaging and perfect for sequential order. The sequencing end of
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K - 2nd
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Free Inferencing Activity
This beginning level inferencing activity combines inferring with clues and shopping at a toy store. Included in the activity is a toy ad with pictures and two friend gift lists. Read with your students the clues about what each person on the gift list would like for a gift. Have them use the information to decide which toy in the toy store ad fits the description. Then have them record on the gift list the toy they would buy each person. This activity works great for individual or group th
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K - 3rd
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The 3 Little Pigs - Retelling Puppets
Build your students fluency and comprehension while using these double-sided puppets to retell the story of The 3 Little Pigs over and over again. Can be used while reading the book, with student written scripts, during a role-play, or to retell the events in the proper order with the students own dialog.
Includes color and black & white versions!
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PreK - 2nd
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Bossy R FREEBIES - R Controlled Free Worksheets and Anchor Charts - Activities
Teaching the kindergarten and first grade phonics standards can be fun and engaging with these Bossy R activities. Your students will love practicing r-controlled vowels with these printables and activities.These activities are a FREE PREVIEW from our best selling comprehensive Bossy R Phonics Unit.The complete unit includes assessments, centers, games, worksheets, picture cards, posters, fluency passages and so much more!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students loved this resource. It was great to reinforce what has
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K - 2nd
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Free Sample
This is a free sample packet of reading comprehension passages from my set of Daily Reading Comprehension Passages. These are lighthearted, fiction passages that are appropriate for advanced first grade, second grade, and third graders needing extra practice. Passages are themed by month, making them fun and relevant to students all year. The passages in this sample packet are from the October, December, January, February, and May packets. There are 5 passages in this sample packet. Answer keys
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1st - 3rd
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FREE Fictional Short Stories for Listening Comprehension
Engage your students with short story language comprehension! With multiple stimuli per story, hone receptive language skills. Work on multiple language targets with the same story - wh questions; inferencing and predicting; or context clues, yes/no questions, and vocabulary.This is a small packet with the same format as:Winter Language ComprehensionSpring Language ComprehensionSummer Language ComprehensionValentines Story ComprehensionChristmas Story ComprehensionWhat's included:→Story 1 focuse
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Short Stories Language Comprehension Seasonal Bundle
When I Keep My Hands to Myself: A Social Story
This product is a social story for young children about keeping their hands to themselves. There are bright, colorful images on each page illustrating how it may make others feel when you do or do not keep your hands to yourself. These images are enhanced with BoardMaker pictures in the upper left corner for those students who need more simple and direct images to understand the concept.
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PreK - 1st
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