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Free 4th grade short stories resources
Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer Template
Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer TemplateYou may use this template in any way that you wish. You can even use it in your commercial product as long as you credit Lovin Lit.The size of this plot diagram template was made to fit into a standard composition notebook when cut out along the perimeter. If you teach reading or literature in grades 4-8, please click Follow Me to be notified of freebies!I hope you find this plot diagram template useful.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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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Free Christmas Reading Comprehension Passage
Alex is hoping to get a cell phone for Christmas,but what he gets instead is a real surprise!A short reading comprehension passage with activities. Great for guided reading, centers, and homework.reading passagequestionsvocabularywriting promptword search**This Reading Passage is a short excerpt from my middle grade series The New Kid by Maureen Straka (online at most retailers) . Free TpT study guides for the series:The New Kid: Surviving Middle School Is Tough! Study Guide https://www.teachers
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3rd - 6th
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100 Character Traits Free Printable PDF List
100 Character Traits Free Printable List! This list is perfect for teaching students to identify character traits! It can also be used as an anchor chart or a reference list for interactive notebooks. SUPPORT CHARACTER ANALYSIS WITH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS! *This freebie is part of the larger Character Traits Graphic Organizers Bundle. Click here to preview the printable, editable, and digital Character Traits Graphic Organizers. INCLUDED WITH YOUR FREE DOWNLOAD:100 Character Traits PDF: An alphabet
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4th - 7th
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Folktale Genres Poster Set FREEBIE! Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Fable, Myth, & Legend
Folktale Genres Poster Set FREEBIE! Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Legend, Fable, & Myth.This set was created with upper elementary and middle school ELA classrooms in mind.6 Poster Set for teaching the subgenres of Folktales: Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Legend, Fable, & Myth.You can buy the full set of 12 here: Fiction Genres Posters Set of 12Please check my TpT store for more reading and literature poster sets and other resources.
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1st - 9th
Inference task cards
Inference task cards are a very convenient practice for students! Students can work with these cards as a station, paired-selection, or in small group. Perfect for grades 2-5. This is only a FREE SAMPLE, check out my teacher store for the full pdf file at www.teachpeek.com, only $3. Use coupon code NEWYEARSALE for 10% off.
Included are:
24 Inference task cards
1 Anchor Chart
2 Challenge cards for differentiated learning
Answer sheet for student response
Answer Key
PDF File
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2nd - 5th
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FREE Narrative Writing Checklists | Rubrics | All Ages | Editing Assessment
Teach your students to independently check their narrative/story writing using these beautiful checklists and rubrics. this is the free PDF version. If you are looking for an EDITABLE VERSION WITH ALL TEXT TYPES, you can find it here.These editable checklists are specifically for narratives or story writing. We will be creating more for other writing genres shortly.There are three age variations in the bundle for Junior (Ages 5 - 7), Middle (7 - 11) and Senior (11 - 15). Each bundle contains
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K - 9th
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Rowdy Reindeer Christmas Fluency Passage & Comprehension Activities
Rowdy Reindeer 3 Day Fluency/Comprehension Reading Intervention This is an original fluency passage I wrote, two comprehension worksheets and a creative writing template to use as an extension activity to accompany the text. This package includes a teacher copy that you can print in color and reuse. It also includes a black and white copy that you can print off for each student and record their scores on it. Flesch Kincaid Readability Grade Level: 5.4 *How to Use* This was designed to use as a r
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4th - 6th
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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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Making Inferences- A Short Mystery Story for Reading Comprehension
Help students make inferences, find text clues, and use background knowledge to solve this fun and engaging short mystery story! Tommy Truman is a 4th grader who has a knack for discovering the truth. A young magician with a card trick has the local kids losing their allowances! Is it really magic as he claims? Have your students join Tommy's journey as he helps his fellow classmate solve a mystery! This product works well with our Making Inferences Mini-Lesson (designed for interactive notebook
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Making Inferences BUNDLE-A Mini-Lesson and 5 Short Mystery Stories
Main Idea Paragraphs
Practice finding the main idea with this set of 30 paragraphs! Each paragraph has 3 multiple choice options for students to select from. Color version AND black and white version available!You will also love these:I Can Make Inferences Activity Workbook (No Prep)I Can Describe and Categorize Activity Workbook (No Prep)I Can Have Conversations Workbook (No Prep)I Can Use Verbs Activity Workbook (No Prep)I Can Use Context Clues Activity Workbook (No Prep)I use this workbook with students in kinder
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2nd - 5th
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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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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
Inference Passages {read, use evidence + schema and infer} - PREVIEW!
Passages to help students use text clues and background knowledge to make inferences
2 FREE passages from my 24 passage bundle of Inference Passages
Inference is a hard skill to master. Especially in students with reading comprehension difficulties. I created these short passages to help my students practice this skill.
Students must use the details and clues (evidence) found in the text, along with their background knowledge and prior understanding of the texts main idea (schema) to de
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1st - 4th
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ESL / ELL Short Reading + Task Cards | Level: Beginner Newcomer
This English Language Learner reading comprehension short story is perfect for ESL / ELL / ESOL learners in all classrooms. This comprehensible input story features early, common English words: this is, animal, person, is called, there is, says, is not, and I am alongside many cognates. This story is accompanied by 6 task / question cards for reading comprehension practice. Task cards include: multiple choice, matching, cognate recognition, drawing, & meaning association. This short story is
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: ESL / ELL Short Reading + Boom Cards Bundle | Level: Beginner Newcomer
Narrative Writing: Graphic Organizers, Outlines, & Writing Paper
Graphic organizers and outlines to help your students plan and organize their narrative story writing. Students will develop and describe all parts of their story with graphic organizer then create and illustrate an outline for their story.
Included:
-Main Character Graphic Organizer
-Setting Graphic Organizer
-Conflict and Resolution Graphic Organizer
-Solution Graphic Organizer
-Write the Outline
-Draw the Outline
-Rough Draft Paper
-Final Draft Paper with Cover
If you like this product, che
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1st - 5th
4th Grade Fluency Passages with Comprehension Questions FREEBIE
This is a sample of my 4th grade passages that students can use to practice their fluency. There are also comprehension questions included for each passage.There are 3 sets of Fluency Passages (Set A, Set B, and Set C), if you want to get them all!These are also available online as a Google Slides product: Fourth Grade Fluency Passages with Online Timer (Google Slides) Digital LearningCheck out all my other fluency passages for grades K-6:Fluency Passages with Comprehension Questions
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3rd - 5th
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Fables Unit: Animals and Their Stories Freebie
This is a part of my 90 page unit about fables called Animals and their Stories for second, third, or fourth grade students. Fables are about animals that can talk and act like people. Students will learn to understand the central message, lesson, or moral of the story through asking and answering questions, describing how characters respond to major events, understanding the words and phrases that develop a better understanding of the lesson or theme, and understand how story structure plays a
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Folktales Bundle Fables, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, & Greek Myths
Emoji Story- A Writing Prompt using Emoji
Print off the emoji prompt andrubric (if you choose) for each of your students. Your students will take their slip of paper and cut out each of the emojis. They must then create a story using the emojis in place of actual words. For example, if they are using the mad emoji, they would not write the word “mad”, they would simply just glue that emoji in its place. If they are using the rubric,they will then staple it to their story.This is a SAMPLE download. If you'd like the full pack containing
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1st - 8th
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Story Elements Paper Fortune Teller Activity - Literary Devices Game
Story Elements Paper Fortune Teller Activity - Literary Devices Game: Use this story elements paper fortune teller activity to engage all of your students in learning new literary devices. Simply use the included instructions to teach students how to fold the fortune teller and play the game within your classroom. After students use this activity, they will have a stronger understanding of fictional story elements like character, plot, setting, conflict, theme, and moreIncluded in This Story Ele
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4th - 9th
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FREEBIE Read-Its® Paired Passages
Get Ready to READ and RESPOND with my brand newREAD-ITS® Paired Passages TRIFOLDS! These Read-Its Paired Passages focus on Text-Dependent Questions, Vocabulary Development, and Comparing and Contrasting skills.This resource contains 3 FREE Read-Its® Paired Passages on the theme of Camping. 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 GROW
Grades:
2nd - 4th
The Tortoise and the Hare - FREE Fable Reading Response Packet
Reading fables helps students build a common cultural background knowledge. Fables are often represented or mentioned in other stories, books and movies. In addition, their simple themes and complex vocabulary make fables a great way to work on reading comprehension and reading response.
This free packet is designed to be used with the Aesop's Fable - The Tortoise and the Hare. It can be printed, copied and stapled together, or used piece by piece.
The packet includes: a cloze word activit
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Aesop's Fables Reading Response Bundle
Directed Drawing and Writing PUPPY FREEBIE Whimsy Workshop Teaching
My students love to draw, so we use step-by-step directed drawing activities as a vehicle to inspire our writing! This is a free sample of my directed drawing sets with differentiated writing prompt printables! This set features simple step-by-step directions to draw a cute puppy.You may also be interested in these FREE downloads: Free pack of 7 phonics posters (super popular download!): Click HEREFree Directed Drawing and Writing Templates: Click HEREFree writing templates for the whole year: C
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PreK - 6th
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Sequencing Stories with Pictures | Sequence Writing | Sequence Events | FREE
► Set of 3 sequencing stories with pictures (sample of full resources! )► This resource includes 1x 3-step, 1x 4-step, and 1x 5-step stories.► This activity pack includes sequencing pictures you can use to tell stories, expanding sentences, or practicing memory skills for retelling stories. ========Includes:✅ 3 stories at the 1x 3-step, 1x 4-step, and 1x 5-step level stories✅ Sequence mats✅ Sequence pictures in small, medium, and large sizes✅ Individual worksheets✅ Bulletin board materials✅ Cut,
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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