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Short stories activities for homeschool
Short Story Unit Plan, 9 Short Stories for High School, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Looking for a low-prep short story unit that will thrill your high school and advanced middle school students? This four-week short story unit is an excellent way to launch the year, setting the stage for deeper study of novels and plays. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen. It covers the important elements of literature and provides an excellent background in literary devices, analysis, and writing techniques. All student materials are included in
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8th - 11th
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Second Grade Word Work Activities with Phonics Focused Passages - SOR Aligned
This is an all-year Science of Reading aligned Word Work for 2nd graders, now with the zero-prep EASEL by TpT Digital Option. Word Families are introduced in short stories, and reinforced daily in different activities. This resource promotes word recognition, vocabulary development and text comprehension, which makes it a great addition to literacy centers and small groups!The weekly activities included in this Word Work packet consist of reading a story and identifying Word Work words, writing
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1st - 2nd
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Third Grade Word Work Worksheets with Phonics Focused Passages and Activities
This is an 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 written with he
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3rd
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Also included in: Word Work and Reading Passages Bundle with Digital Option
Prefix and Suffix Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions First Grade
All-in-One Prefix and Suffix Reading Passages ADD-ON Pack!Help your students practice reading words with prefixes and suffixes within controlled text with these All-in-One Reading Passages. Additionally, students will practice fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and using words (with the target skill) in context.——DISTANCE LEARNING UPDATE: April 13, 2020—— ***I have now added DIGITAL versions of every single passage! These passages have been formatted for use with Google Classroom™️. The passage
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1st - 2nd
Fairly Tales: Grimm, ELA Reading Digital Escape Room: Middle School Escape
⭐IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A GRIMM FAIRY TALE WITHOUT AN ADVENTURE OR ENCHANTED FOREST. ⭐ This fully immersive 360° Grimm Digital Escape conjures up enchanted forests, villains, and happily-ever-afters. ⭐ Young teen students are invited to escape this Grimm Adventure using clues that practice reading, listening, sequencing, comparisons, logic, and other important skills!Now with two versions! A flat version with self-checking answers is included, no Google form is required. ⭐ Want a printable versio
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: *ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle
CVC Stories Reading passages with comprehension questions CVC Words Sight Words
These adorable stories will have your kindergarten and/or first grade students practicing so many reading skills. Each story targets CVC and sight words to build their fluency and comprehension. I read the story first, then we read it together chorally and finally I have students read it on their own. Then we read the comprehension questions and fill in the answers. 30 different stories are included, and they each come in both color and black/white. This download is for CVC stories set #1.-
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K - 2nd
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3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions Worksheet Toothy® Bundle
Have you heard of Toothy® yet?! Toothy® task kits are highly engaging games that allow students to practice reading comprehension skills by answering questions in a fun, motivating way. The answers on the back of the passages make the activity self-paced and self-correcting. Teach the rules for Toothy® once at the beginning of the year, then simply switch out the topic each week and use the activity all year! Toothy® Task Kits- an original idea from Angie Olson at ©Lucky Little Learners, LLC.⭐️D
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3rd
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Sequence of Events- Activities
⭐️✅Looking for a way to engage your students with retell and sequencing? This is perfect for students to show what they know! Answer keys included!✔️Cut and paste, worksheets, and activities✔️Susie works at the Zoo and loves her job. Mr. Farmer has a busy day! Molly is having a birthday party! Read the stories and order the events.✔️Maria is baking a cake, help her make her cake in the correct order✔️Sequence task cards for whole group or small group reteach if you like. Use as an intro to your
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K - 4th
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Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Passages
Use these simple stories and comprehension questions to help your kindergarten students become confident early readers! Practice tracking, phonics, sight words, fluency, & comprehension all on the same page!
Included are 10 stories with easy to read CVC words and Kindergarten sight words. Each story is 5 lines.
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-2 fill in the blank/short answer comprehension questions
-2 multiple choice questions
-read and review CVC words: CVC words on the bottom of the passage for extr
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Passages {BUNDLE}
Making Inferences Worksheets 3rd grade 4th grade Inference Reading Passages
Use these inference reading comprehension passage worksheets to practice making predictions and inferences in the text for your 3rd-grade, 4th-grade, and 5th-grade students. This reading packet is great for classroom use, tutoring, or homeschooling. This comprehension packet contains 8 passages that are focused on this reading skill. Each passage is a page long with 5-6 comprehension questions. The teacher can use multiple-choice, short answer, or digital(Google Forms). The short answer option i
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3rd - 6th
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Level I Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Digital Resource
Level I Reading Comprehension PassagesDo you need some no prep reading passages and reading comprehension activities for your level I readers?This set includes 10 leveled passages, each with comprehension activities. Five of the ten passages are nonfiction passages. It also includes a "I Can Read Level I" bonus journal cover! (Provided in portrait and landscape)——DISTANCE LEARNING UPDATE: April 3, 2020—— ***I have now added DIGITAL versions of every single passage! These passages have been form
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1st - 2nd
Social Skills Narratives, A BUNDLE OF STORIES for Autism/Special Needs
This Social Skills Bundle includes 10 of my best stories plus 6 Social skill strips. I've also added some handy behaviour sorting sheets and 2 behaviour posters to use as reminders. This is a fantastic Bundle to aid you through behaviour management.These stories can be bought separately ( see my store) or save $$$ on this bundle.Revisited & updated!NEW BEHAVIOUR REFLECTIONS SHEETS ADDED!All included ;-Social Skills includedNo Hitting,No Pinching,No Biting,No Kicking,No swearingListen to th
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PreK - 4th
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Sequencing Stories With Pictures Kindergarten Literacy Center
This print-and-go sequencing activity is the secret to teaching sequencing to your kindergarten and first-grade students! With engaging retelling stories that help students practice the critical thinking skill of order of events, this activity is the perfect hands-on learning activity.Your young learners will love practicing their fine motor skills as they cut, paste, and put the events in order. The short stories are engaging and perfect for teaching sequential order, and the no-prep format mak
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K - 1st
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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Short Story Analysis & Escape Room
Make your scary short story unit on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school short story resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school ELA teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more
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6th - 8th
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The Fall of the House of Usher Unit: Close Read, Vocab, Activities, Test, & More
Looking for engaging materials for "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe that your students will enjoy and not complain about? This unit will have your students interacting with this difficult Poe text in no time.What's included . . .► Step-by-step, day-by-day lesson plans for 6 days. ► Daily aligned Common Core Standards► Clean copy of original story ► Clean copy of abridged story for struggling readers. (All the meat without the wordiness and about half the length of the original
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: The Fall of the House of Usher Complete Unit - Digital & Print
Level H Reading Comprehension Activities Passages and Questions Homework
Level H Reading Comprehension PassagesDo you need some no prep reading passages and reading comprehension activities for your level H readers?This set includes 10 leveled passages, each with comprehension activities. Five of the ten passages are nonfiction passages. It also includes a "I Can Read Level H" bonus journal cover! (Provided in portrait and landscape)——DISTANCE LEARNING UPDATE: April 3, 2020—— ***I have now added DIGITAL versions of every single passage! These passages have been form
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1st - 2nd
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Unit with Hunger Games Comparison
"The Lottery" Short Story Literature GuideThis package of documents features numerous materials for teaching Shirley Jackson's 1948 short story "The Lottery." Includes an introduction activity (using real stones), guided reading questions (for recall/comprehension, analysis, applying, critical thinking), discussion questions, a character chart, extended activities, a 26-question quiz (15 multiple choice, 9 vocabulary matching, 2 short answer essay), and a theme comparison with the novel The Hung
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
Decodable Books CVC Set: Decode and Draw Series
Teachers who have embarked on a journey into the science of reading are making exciting, positive changes within their classrooms! As a fellow lifelong learner, I applaud your bravery and courage to continue to seek out resources and instructional strategies that will best meet the needs of the readers within your classroom. Moving away from instructional strategies and materials that utilize the three-cueing systems is a vital step teachers need to take in order to put the science of reading re
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K - 1st
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Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages 1st Grade BUNDLE
Reading comprehension passages for 1st grade at your fingertips! Your first grade classroom is covered with this year-long bundle of leveled reading passages! Meet the needs of all your students using these differentiated short stories and comprehension questions! These NO PREP passages include both fiction and nonfiction and 3 levels of each story! Take the guesswork out of differentiating for your students! What's Included:3 products in one! ***SAVE 20% by purchasing this bundle!Over 50 engag
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1st - 2nd
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Scary Short Stories Unit - Horror Stories for Halloween in Middle School ELA
If you’re searching for an engaging scary short stories unit for your middle school ELA students to enjoy this Halloween, stop your search here! This bundle of activities for your favorite horror stories will thrill your students while reviewing short story elements in an unforgettable way. From creative writing activities to short story escape rooms, your students will embrace short story analysis in a whole new way!✔ Check out the preview for more information!Using the following spooky short s
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6th - 8th
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Reading Passages With Comprehension Questions - Writing Sentences Christmas
This kindergarten reading bundle is based on the scientific research of reading instruction, and it will take you through the entire school year! These engaging literacy resources target fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, sight words, and writing. Each unit provides you with no prep, monthly themed activities that can be used to teach whole group lessons, for reading and writing centers or for independent seat work. Students love the routine and predictability of these activities.Teachers love
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PreK - 1st
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Gift of the Magi, O. Henry, Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Gift of the Magi” by American writer O. Henry, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the text, and provide opportunities for creative writing. This two-day lesson plan includes a beautifully illustrated copy of the story, an 8-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and two options for creative writing assignments with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own O
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7th - 10th
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The Masque of the Red Death - Poe - ESCAPE ROOM - Engaging Activity
Engage your students and practice literary analysis with this engaging, elaborate ESCAPE ROOM for Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death. This escape room activity can be facilitated virtually, traditionally, or with a blended/hybrid approach. Get ready to creep your students out even more as they attempt to escape the Red Death at Prince Prospero's masquerade!This sequential escape room takes students through 7 "rooms" (like the story) or challenges. The challenges start simple, with reading
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle: Engaging Activities
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