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Free short stories Common Core RF.3.3a resources
Third Grade Word Work with Digital Option - Free Sample
This is a free sample of my all-year Word Work packet for 3rd Graders. Spelling Patterns are introduced in Phonics Focused Short Stories and reinforced daily in different Reading and Writing Activities. These word work worksheets promote word recognition, vocabulary development and text comprehension, which makes them a great addition to your Third Grade Literacy Centers and Small Groups!Each week's activities focus on two to three spelling patterns, suffixes, or prefixes. There is a short story
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3rd
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Ned the Ghastly Ghoul: Decodable Text Silent Letters: kn, gn, wr, gh, gu, -mb
This short story is a decodable text featuring the silent letter patterns: gh, gu, kn, gn, wr, and -mb. The story also used advanced vocabulary in repeated context for practice with deeper text while still using the decodable skills.
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1st - 12th
The Fanciest Lady (change the y to an i)
This short story is a decodable text featuring words that end in y where suffixes have been attached so students can see examples of the rules for changing the y to an i when y follows a consonant and the suffix begins with a vowel (excluding -ing). It also is geared toward older learners and uses higher level vocabulary.
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4th - 12th
The Dog with the Big Fang and The Shy Pig: Decodable Text for /ng/ Sounds
This short story is a decodable text for the /ng/ sound or glued/welded sounds -ing, -ang, -ong, and -ung. Students engage in these fun and whimsical story after learning these sounds for practice.
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1st - 5th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
Giant Cedric: Decodable Text for Soft C and G
This short story explains the soft c and g spelling and reading rule in a fun engaging way. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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1st - 8th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
The Spider and the Tiger: Decodable Text R-Controlled Syllables
This short story is a decodable text featuring R-Controlled syllables and multiple basic spellings of R-Controlled Vowels The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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4th - 12th
When Schwa Came to Town: Decodable Text Schwa Sounds
This short story is a decodable text featuring the schwa sound and spellings. The chapters begin with easier schwas to read and spell and progress. Each chapter also explains what each new schwa concept is, how to detect it, and where it came from (this part is made up for fun). Chapter 1 focuses on the beginning a schwa like above, Chapter 2 introduces other vowels making the schwa in other parts of words, and chapter 3 focuses on the o schwa and when it is most commonly a schwa instead of s
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
Questions Short Stories: Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills for 1st - 3rd Grader
"Questions Short Stories: Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills for 1st - 3rd Graders" This story is suitable for 1st or 3rd grade students who are just beginning to develop their reading skills, enjoy the exciting stories of various animals and the cute pictures are not boring to read.Questions in Short Storiesincluding "What?" "Where?" "Why?" "Who?"1 Short Story (For free) Questions for every storyWhat, where, who, when, why and how questions for every storyPrintable pages/Space for writing answe
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1st - 3rd
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The Mirage: Decodable Text -age, -ge, -dge
This short story is a decodable text featuring the -age, -dge, and -ge sounds and spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
The Company: closed, open, and VCe Syllables with vowel y
This short story is a decodable text featuring closed, open, and VCe syllables, but also spirals in vowel y words. The text is a good way to teach vowel y in simpler text, or review vowel y while teaching simple syllable types. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
The Wild Cicada and The Brave Mouse: Decodable Text -ind and -ild
This short story is a decodable text featuring the closed syllable exception -ild and -ind sounds and spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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1st - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
The Martians Delusion: Decodable Text shun Suffixes
This short story is a decodable text featuring the shun suffixes. Chapter 1 focuses on the -tion, -tian, and -sion meanings and spellings while chapter two adds -cion to the mix. This story was designed to engage and interest older students in middle and high school.
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
'ie' phoneme decodable reader and activity
The activities in this pack are based on the /ie/ phoneme which can be represented by the graphemes <i, ie, y, i-e, igh>. The material has been created by David Mullender, in light of the science of reading, to complement a systematic synthetic phonics-based approach to spelling, reading and writing. For teachers adopting the Sounds-Write program, the activities in this pack align with extended code unit 11.Decodable text (Decoding, Fluency and Expression)Designed to be read aloud, the dec
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2nd - 4th
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The Shy Pig with the Rough Cough: Decodable Text sounds of ough
This short story is a decodable text featuring the six ough spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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1st - 12th
The Haughty Girl and the Bright Shawl: Decodable Text /aw/ sound and spellings
This short story is a decodable text featuring the /aw/ sound and its spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
Comprehension Reading Activities
Comprehension Reading Activities is a resource that has 20 different mini-passages and comprehension questions that go with each passage. There are 10 informational comprehension reading activities and 10 fiction comprehension reading activities. With each passage there is a range from 4-6 questions. Students will practice using context clues, using text evidence, comparing and contrasting, answering text based questions, using illustrations, and more while reading these articles. Comprehension
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3rd - 4th
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The Evil Teen Bee: Decodable Text Long /E/ sound and spellings
This short story is a decodable text featuring the long /E/ sound and its spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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1st - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
The Village: Decodable Text for -age as /ij/
This short story is a decodable text featuring the y vowel sounds and spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
The Twitch Code: Decodable Text for -tch
This short story is a decodable text featuring the -tch sound and spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
The Shady Lady and her Pet Lynx: Decodable Text for Vowel Y
This short story is a decodable text featuring the y vowel sounds and spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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1st - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
Terry the Terror: Advanced r-controlled patterns
This short story is a decodable text featuring higher level r-controlled sounds like /air/, /ire/ and /ure/ and their many spelling patterns. The story was designed for practice after learning these sounds and spellings and was written to engage older learners.
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
Glamor Girl: Decodable Text /er/ sound and spellings
This short story is a decodable text featuring the /er/ sound and its spellings, including higher level spellings like our, ear, and or. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
So You Think You Can Dance Like Twitch: Decodable Text for -tch
This short story is a decodable text featuring the -tch sound and spellings. The text was designed to engage older students so that they can read a decodable text without needing to read a "baby" story.
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4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Decodables for Older Students
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