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3rd grade short stories printables under $5
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Readers Theater Script Point of View
Students of all ages enjoy “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” and will love performing this clever Readers’ Theater play which takes place after the story ends. This script lets your students practice fluency in a fun, engaging way. All you have to do is print and get started! It's perfect for small groups, short weeks in between units, or for sub plans.Play features the wolf, 1 pig, and 3 news reporters. Your students will laugh at the banter between the characters as the wolf tries, y
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3rd - 6th
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Writing Fractured Fairy Tales (LapBook & Graphic Organizers)
Fractured fairy tales take the traditional fairy tales that you know and change them. Elements such as the characters, setting, point of view or plot might be changed.What is included in this resource?Graphic Organizers:* Prewriting brainstorming (2 worksheets)* Planning Story Elements* Planning Story Sequence* Comparing Stories*** An informational sheet about fractured fairy tales is also included.Mini-LapBook:Students will select a traditional fairy tale and write a new fractured version of
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3rd - 4th
Writing Prompts | Creative Picture Prompts for Primary Classrooms
You are purchasing over 70 writing prompts for the primary classroom. These are not your ordinary prompts! Students will be prompted to write using pictures that are already on the page! The pictures are random so students have fun making up a story about what they see on the page. They also add details to their pictures to match their stories. My students love these random writings. They like to see who can come up with the most creative story! Introducing this activity to your class:When
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Primary Writing Bundle
Reading Comprehension and Fluency Pack
This BEST SELLING 114 page reading comprehension and fluency pack has three differentiated comprehensions for each phonics sound. Each passage has a shape next to it which shows the different level. To help improve fluency and aid comprehension, each passage has the numbers 1-3 at the top. Students are encouraged to read the passage three times. Each time they read the passage, they color in a number.Each sound has an original comprehension story with comprehension questions that cover who, what
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K - 3rd
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Plot: Story Structure Activity
NEW PRODUCT: Determining the Plot
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You can use this plot activity in many different ways! This would be a great way to introduce plot, use as guided practice, small group, centers, or even independent practice!
This is a great tool to use instead of boring workbook pages! There are four stories the students must read and identify the specific part of the plot. The students have a story map to place the cards to check their answers. There is an answer sheet included.
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2nd - 5th
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Short Stories WH Questions for Auditory and Reading Comprehension
❤️ This WH Question Short Stories Set includes 60 WH Questions ❤️Each story asks Who, What, Where, When, Why and How! ❤️ Perfect for Auditory and Reading Comprehension and LEVEL 1 includes picture supports!This set of 10 short stories is designed to develop auditory and/or reading comprehension skills. Developing auditory comprehension skills will improve students abilities in the area of attention, discriminating important information, and later developing skills such as note taking! The stori
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K - 3rd
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Personal Narrative Unit Graphic Organizers
In this unit are graphic organizers to support your students while writing personal narratives. These graphic organizers provide scaffolding and visual supports to a variety of learners. Included are graphic organizers on the following topics: *Brainstorming*Watermelon vs. Seed Ideas*Sensory Language*Introduction "Hooks"*Beginning, Middle, and End*Thinking about Setting*Character Traits*Dialogue*Transitions*Show, Don't Tell*Self & Peer Editing ************************************************
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3rd - 6th
Main Idea Task Cards - Short Nonfiction Passages with Graphic Organizers
These high-interest reading task cards will help your students have fun while they practice identifying the main idea of nonfiction passages! This set includes 20 short reading comprehension passages and includes main idea graphic organizers and comprehension questions for each task card. These task cards make it easy to scaffold your instruction and help your students feel comfortable identifying the main idea of each task card. I know how hard it can be to find fun and engaging reading materi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Task Card Bundle - Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Pourquoi Tales Reading Comprehension & Story Writing Lesson Origin Stories
Pourquoi tales are stories that explain how something came to be. They are a sub-genre of folktales that can be found in many cultures around the world. This is a set of supplemental activities to go with your pourquoi stories unit. Students will practice reading and understanding a pourquoi tale and then write their own!Includes:COMPREHENSION WORKSHEETIncludes an original pourquoi story, How The Giraffe Got A Long Neck, comprehension questions, and answer keyPOURQUOI STORY OUTLINEThis sheet can
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Third Grade Math & Reading YEAR LONG BUNDLE 1500+ Pages
Folktales Reading Comprehension Passages
Stories told by indigenous peoples of North America are featured in these 8 short reading passages with text and 5 multiple-choice comprehension questions on one page. Options include print, Easel Activities, and Google Forms. The questions are modeled after the types of questions on standardized reading tests. Perfect for morning work or bell work activities, reading centers, quick assessments, small group instruction, interventions, test prep, or homework!Readability is in the 3rd-5th grade ra
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Short Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle
Tell Me A Story Narrative Writing Prompts + Worksheets
Do you have some reluctant writers? Writer's block can be a struggle for many children when it comes to writing narratives. This pack of picture based writing prompts will help develop strong oral and written storytelling skills in your classroom!Designed with early writers in mind, use just the three type of picture cards (where? who? what?) as visual support to prompt rich oral storytelling or combine their use with our helpful templates and writing sheets to capture their narratives as they b
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K - 3rd
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2nd-3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
This is a set of 10 fiction reading passages followed by comprehension questions with finding the evidence strategy. The passages are offered in 2 versions. VERSION 1 : The students will have to find the evidence in the text for the multiple choice questions and underline it with different crayons.VERSION 2 : The students will answer the questions without findingthe evidence in the text (standard version).The students will have to: * read each text 3 times and color a star after each reading (to
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: BUNDLE 2nd-3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
Character Analysis Task Cards- Character Traits Passages & Graphic Organizers
If your students need practice thinking about and understanding characters, these reading task cards are sure to help. Your students will love these engaging character traits task cards! Each fiction character traits passage takes up just a half page so they won't take a long time for your students to read and they are focused on helping your students understand character traits, feelings, thoughts, and actions. The passages could be used to teach a variety of reading comprehension skills, but t
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Task Card Bundle - Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Summarizing Fiction Task Cards- Summarizing Fiction Passages & Graphic Organizer
If your students need to practice summarizing fiction, these reading task cards are sure to help. Each short passage is written in a way that makes them easy to summarize so students can become comfortable and confident in their ability to determine the most important details in the text and come up with an accurate summary.Be sure to check out the preview to see pictures and learn more about what is included in this resource.If you LOVE this resource, you should check out this growing bundle of
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Task Card Bundle - Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg Reading Comprehension Activities
These engaging reading printables are perfect comprehension activities for the Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. With 18 printables and 7 digital activities, you'll have so many things to choose from! Each activity supports the comprehension of the Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. Help your students to discover the identity of the stranger on their own by encouraging students to pay attention to the stranger's behavior and the unusual things that happen on the farm while the stranger is visiting. S
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Chris Van Allsburg Author Study Bundle
Monster Descriptive Writing Activity & Template - A Fun ELA Lesson or Project
This no prep Halloween monster writing activity has students secretly create their own monster and write a matching description. Then, all of the students' monsters are placed on display while students read their descriptions. If they use enough descriptive details, the class should be able to figure out which monster was theirs, just based on the description!The resource includes scaffolded pages to help students walk through the writing process and write a successful descriptive essay. It m
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Scaffolded Writing Templates Bundle - Templates, Paragraph Frames, More
Reading Comprehension Passages with Text Dependent Questions
Engage readers with high-interest realistic fiction passages and comprehension questions! Students will practice their close reading skills with a variety of other fiction reading skills. Each of the five passages has a set of multiple choice questions and short answer questions that require students to use their text evidence skills.Grades: 2nd and 3rd grade readers but has been used with intervention, at-risk and enrichment groups at other grade levels This product includes:5 fiction passages5
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2nd - 4th
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Story Elements for Google Classroom
Eight high-interest digital and print stories that are SELF-CHECKING in Google Classroom. Perfect for inferring literary elements, they are presented in both printable and self-checking digital Google Forms versions. The literary element questions cover inferring, setting, characters, plot, conflict and resolution. This resource is perfect for direct instruction, RtI, small group instruction, or learning stations.In all, there are eight fictional stories and 32 questions. The stories include Ae
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Task Cards Bundle
Morphology Decodable Passages: 10 Common Prefixes - Orton Gillingham
It is difficult to find advanced decodable passages so I decided to make my own! I am an active tutor across grade levels so I wanted to write passages while teaching morphology. These passages support fluency and your Orton-Gillingham curriculum all while practicing the meaning of prefixes and comprehension skills. These decodable passages are an amazing supplement for your morphology lessons. Buy this set or as part of the morphology mega bundle. Your students will be engaged and appreciate th
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3rd - 7th
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Short Story Listening Comprehension Scaffolded with Visuals for Speech Therapy 2
Listening comprehension is a vital skill for all children. Providing visuals is the perfect way to scaffold the task, while gradually increasing the difficulty. This resource contains 3 different levels of difficulty: 1, 2, & 3 sentence mini-stories. Each story comes with a visual support to assist in answering the questions. Use these visuals as needed and fade them when possible.This resource is perfect for targeting listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and Wh- questions - maki
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PreK - 9th
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Drama Reading Comprehension Passages
Supplement your elements of drama unit with 8 short reading passages that each feature the text and 4 multiple-choice questions on one page. Options include print, Easel Activities, and Google Forms. Half of the scripts are fairy tale excerpts, and half are fable excerpts. The questions are modeled after the types of questions on standardized reading tests and include elements of drama and reading comprehension questions. Perfect for morning work or bell work activities, reading centers, quick a
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Short Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle
RL 2.2 & RL 3.2 Short Stories w/ Morals or Lessons
This packet has 8 short stories with morals. Each short story has 2 comprehension pages. 1 page contains recounting questions and the second page contains questions about the morals and character's actions. There are also 2 graphic organizers that could be used for each story.Page: 1 - Preview2- Day Dreaming Ella Story- Importance of Paying Attention3- Recount Questions4- Moral Questions5- Dylan's Crash Story- It's better to tell the truth right away6 - Recount Questions7- Moral Questions8 - Eno
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Morals & Lessons RL 2.2 RL 3.2 BUNDLE - 9 Products
Reading Posters: Elements of Fiction Posters {Plot Vocabulary} Set of 23
Reading Posters for Literature: Elements of Fiction Posters {Plot Vocabulary} Set of 23
I created these simple bright and colorful posters for many of the common elements of fiction (I call them "lit terms") that my middle school students learn throughout the year.
{Update! As of March 2015, this set has grown to 23 posters! See updates below.}
All posters are high resolution 8.5X11 and look beautiful when printed.
Here are the posters included:
plot
setting
protagonist
antagonist
suspense
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2nd - 9th
Also included in: Reading & ELA Poster Bundle: 70+ Classroom Posters
RL 3.4 Literal & Nonliteral Language with Context Clues - Assessments
This standards-based resource contains 8 differentiated assessments for CCSS RL 3.4 Questions for these assessments focus on literal and nonliteral language, determining meaning, and context clues. There are four different levels. Each level has 2 assessments. Each assessment contains 2 reading passages and 10 questions. Available in printable PDF version and Google Slides. Possible Uses:Assessments when teaching the standard throughout the yearSmall Group DifferentiationAccomodationsInterventio
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3rd
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Also included in: Third Grade Reading Bundle - RL CCSS
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