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Story Retell & Picture Sequencing Beginning, Middle, End Short Stories & Writing
Do you have students who need some extra support with story retell and sequencing stories with pictures? This story retell resource will engage students while they become experts at retelling stories with a clear beginning, middle, and end. This leveled, LOW-PREP digital and printable resource will allow your students to develop a true understanding of how to retell a story using transition words and a logical sequence. Don't miss out on this foundational story retell resource for easy teaching
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K - 3rd
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Theme Task Cards Printable/Digital (Grades 2-5)
Theme Task Cards: Fairy Tales, Folktales, and Legends This digital and printable product offers multiple levels of reading differentiation and audio accommodations!Aligns with State and Common Core Standards!Students first learn theme vocabulary and topics before progressing to identifying the theme in a story.These materials can be used for whole or small group instruction, remediation, centers, home school, summer school, and as individual assessments in person or through distance learning!Thi
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2nd - 5th
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Short Story Unit Ruthless by William De Mille
The perfect short story for any class, Ruthless by William de Mille tells a story of revenge gone wrong. If you are looking for a short story that is gripping, with a twist in its tale. Then this short story is for you.Interested in distance learning activities? See my digital unit on Ruthless here.This activity contains a full version of the short story itself, numerous pre-reading activities, comprehension questions for during, a Socratic seminar lesson with 6 discussion prompts, a FREE previ
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Short Story Bundle
Paired Passages - Text Connections
Twelve high-interest paired paragraphs, each with one question that requires a high level of thinking to complete. You will receive:-24 high interest paired passages (2 per page)-12 questions, each requiring the reader to make text to text connections-answer recording sheets-answer keysThe set is provided in both color (for use in learning stations) and black and white (for student reproducibles). Six of the paired passages are presented in the free downloadable preview.Use these short passages
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reading Task Cards Bundle
Inferences Bundle
A bundle of both my flashcards and short stories, the #1 and #2 bestsellers in my store! Address your students' inferencing needs from grades 1-8. The flashcards are great for grades 1-5, while the short stories target upper elementary and middle school topics from grades 4-8. Click on each link for previews!
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1st - 8th
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Short Stories with Comprehension Questions
Use these 10 short stories with accompanying questions to target comprehension, story structure, vocabulary, idioms, main idea, predicting and inferencing skills.
Read the story and then ask the questions on the next page or preview the questions before reading the story to help with comprehension. The card then asks the student to retell the story in their own words after answering the questions to target expressive language skills.
Includes an image for each story to support understanding
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3rd - 10th
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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" Mock Trial Bundle - Engaging Activity
Engage your students with Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" by facilitating a mock trial while practicing close reading, citing strong and thorough textual evidence, analyzing evidence, persuasion/argumentation/debate, writing, and speaking/listening. This is truly an authentic learning experience that covers a wide range of essential skills and gets every student involved! This bundle contains the discussion cards I use to activate students' thinking before the mock trial, as well as the comple
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sequencing Center--30 Five Sentence Stories
My absolute best seller is ready to be used in YOUR classroom.
Need some extra activities for sequencing? Here's a great product for you! There are 30 stories with five sentences each. Just copy, laminate, and cut apart each story. Store individual stories in envelopes.
Stories are each coded with graphics geared toward the story--makes for easy sorting.
Use these story sets 2 ways:
1. Whole Group Activity: Pass out the cards to one story and have students come to the front. Other stu
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2nd - 4th
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All Summer in A Day Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing Task - 36 Task Cards
The "All Summer In A Day" short story unit BUNDLE is filled with reading comprehension activities to teach main idea, summary, theme, characterization, and more. This 8 day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian tale. Each lesson is scaffolded and contains tools to help meet the diverse needs of all learners. There is also a creative writing project that requires students to write a
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6th - 9th
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Story Elements Game: 30 Story Cards, Anchor Chart, Game Board, Answer Key
Great practice for learning about main characters, setting, conflict, & resolution of story.
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30 story cards, an anchor chart, game board, and answer key
Each story card asks:
1. Who is the main character?
2. What is the setting?
3. What is the conflict?
4. What is the resolution?
Students can play in a small group or individually, as a student directed activity.
Enjoy!
CSL...a teacher's helper
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2nd - 4th
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Main Idea and Key Details (Non Fiction) 1st Grade Reading Toothy® Task Kits
Toothy® Task Kits- an original idea from Angie Olson at ©Lucky Little Learners, LLC.This pack is part of the 1st Grade Reading Toothy Bundle. Save money by purchasing the bundle HERE.Your students will receive all the practice they need to reinforce the skill of main idea and key details with this pack! There are 24 non fiction passages included. Each passage features a clear main idea with key details. There are a total of 168 text-dependent questions (7 questions for each story). Stude
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1st
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RL 3.3 Character Traits, Responses, & Motivations - Differentiated Stories
RL 3.3 Character Responses, Traits & MotivationsThere are 14 reading passages with comprehension questions, task cards, writing prompts, and an exit ticket in this product. Page 1: Teacher Directions/Concept Development - How Characters Influence PlotPage 2-13: -2 stories showing how two different characters change the plot. (8 total reading passages for this section.)-2 sections with questions for the individual stories.-1 page comparing how the characters influenced the plot.Page 14 &1
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3rd
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Also included in: Third Grade Reading Bundle - RL CCSS
Making inferences worksheets 3rd grade & 4th grade, 5th,Inferencing activities
Help your students practice making inferences with the 3rd, 4th & 5th grade inferencing worksheets. Then, apply their knowledge using inferencing activities and reading passages. Included in this bundle are two resources to be able to practice this skill in multiple ways. This product is great to use in the classroom, for tutorials, or in a home-school setting. The TASK CARDS product includes: These task cards describe common, everyday objects and range from easy to difficult. The students w
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3rd - 5th
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A Christmas Carol Escape Room
Escape Room Activity: A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHave your students demonstrate their knowledge of this popular novel with a highly-engaging interactive escape room! This works great as a culminating activity after your students/class have finished the book.No keys or lock boxes needed!Less Prep for teachers as students will cut out the cards for each task!This escape room contains four activities:1. Plot Elements: Students will correctly order the plot cards. There are 4 extra distract
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6th - 9th
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Short Story Bundle, No Print, No Prep!
Short Story Bundle!!!!
Products Included in this bundle:
Language Loaded Stories
Story Retell and Sequencing
Get this product bundle for 15% off!
• This bundled product includes 40 original short stories total!
• Perfect for use with language small groups in speech therapy or even ELA centers!
Language Loaded Stories
• includes 20 original stories of varying length and complexity that range from 3rd-7th grade level appropriateness, but really depends on your student's level of function
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3rd - 7th
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Setting Affects Plot and Characters Mini BUNDLE - Setting of a Story 6th - 8th
Are you looking for a setting affects plot lesson with reading passages and task cards? Look no further! This mini bundle has everything you need for your students to practice understanding how the setting of a story shapes the plot and characters.✨This resource allows students to think critically about how the setting affects the plot of the story! This resource includes everything you need to create a rockstar lesson! Simply print off the notes and passages and present the lesson slides. This
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6th - 8th
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Activities and Handouts for “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is an American Gothic short story that I've used with both 11th and 12th grade. If your students are advanced it could work with 9th and 10th grade as well. Included in this bundle you will find:
Lesson Plans
Background Information
Vocabulary List with Definitions
Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers
10 Question Short Story Quiz with Answers (Fill-In)
20 Question Quiz on the Story and the Vocabulary with Answers (Matching and Fill-In)
A copy of the story
Article
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Bundle
DIGITAL Descriptive Writing Prompts for Use with Google Classroom
My kids are VERY visual learners, which is why I made this resource for my kiddos. Included are 40 pictures, each having a first line to their story. The first couple of sentences are sometimes the hardest for my 3rd graders, and these cards just give them a little nudge to get thinking about the picture and the rest of their writing. This is a DIGITAL file, which means that this can be used with Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Classroom.There are a ton of ways to use these prompts. *Des
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: ULTIMATE Digital Resource Bundle to Use with Google Classroom
Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs Differentiated Bundled Unit
This is a bundled unit on Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs perfect for meeting the Common Core Standards: ELA L.4.5b and L.5.5.b: Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
In this unit you will find an engaging Powerpoint which defines idioms, proverbs, and adages, gives examples, and provides practice in identifying them. They may also be printed out and used as classroom posters.
The task cards can be used as a center activity or whole group activity. There
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4th - 7th
Common Core Aligned Theme Unit
This unit will help students and teachers take on the ever elusive theme, which is a difficult concept to teach. This unit also delves into students writing constructed responses to text, which is aligned to Common Core Standards. There are more than 65 pages in this unit, which include posters, graphic organizers, half page graphic organizers, and practice questions (spanning multiple common core standards).
Literature Passages:
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Aesop fable)
• The Lion and the Mo
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4th - 7th
Harrison Bergeron Short Story Unit - Argumentative Writing Task - 36 Task Cards
This 8 day short story unit for "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep argumentative writing task that will engage your middle school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as differentiated activities, and chunked text and guided reading questions. This bundle includes a scaffolded reading unit and 36 CCSS-Aligned task cards to accompany thi
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6th - 9th
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WH Questions Task Cards BUNDLE: 150 Funny Reading Comprehension Passages
Students read the hilarious passages then answer wh questions. Plenty of who, what, when, where, & why questions designed to test reading comprehension. Each of the 150 funny passages focusses on one of the Five W questions at a time.Each task card is written in the form of a "newspaper article." The laugh-out-loud stories are about a fictional town called Bovine City. Whacky characters and obscure events happen in the town and are reported in the Bovine City News.These high-interest/low re
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1st - 5th
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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Unit - Reading Task Cards
The "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe short story unit BUNDLE is filled with reading comprehension activities to teach main idea, summary, theme, plot elements, tone and mood, and more. This 8-day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Poe's classic suspenseful tale. Each lesson is scaffolded and contains tools to help meet the diverse needs of all learners. There is also a creative writing project that requ
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6th - 9th
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Scary Story Collection for Middle School: Escape Room, Task Cards, Printables
This spooky collection of fiction reading comprehension passages combines several standards so that students have an opportunity to practice their skills without isolating each standard. Each fictional story has descriptive characters and settings, drawing your students into the mystery. This unit will reinforce skills that you have taught. Students will use their skills to solve the mysteries (demonstrating comprehension of the text). What your students will discover: Was Dracula real or just a
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6th - 8th
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