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Short stories task cards for homeschool
Reading Comprehension Passages & Task Cards - 2nd Grade Reading Toothy® Bundle
Have you heard of Toothy® yet?! Toothy® task kits are highly engaging task card games that allow students to practice reading comprehension skills and answer questions in a fun, motivating way. The answers on the back of the cards 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, LL
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2nd
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Types of Character Conflict in Literature Slides & Task Cards
If your students are ready to dive into the various types of character conflict in literature, do yourself a favor and check out this done-for-you lesson! You’ll receive an editable presentation for teaching, a student notetaker, and a kinesthetic task card activity. This all-in-one instructional resource will save you VALUABLE planning time when teaching about the types of conflict! ✨ Check out the PREVIEW for more information on this product! What types of literary conflict are taught in this
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5th - 7th
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Story Elements Task Cards
16 DIFFERENTIATED Half-Page Story Elements Task Cards! Each task card includes an original short story as well as open-ended question prompts for each story element including Characters, Setting, Problem, Key Events, and Solution.This resource includes the following formatting options:Half page task cardsFull-Page printable versions with lines for answersDIGITAL version via Google SlidesThese Story Elements Task Cards are differentiated for your convenience.The first set of task cards (16 cards
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3rd - 5th
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1st Grade Reading Comprehension | 1st Grade Reading Centers | Toothy® Bundle
Have you heard of Toothy® yet?! Toothy® task kits are highly engaging task card games that allow students to practice reading comprehension skills by answering questions in a fun, motivating way. The answers on the back of the cards 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,
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1st
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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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MATH CURSE Task Cards and Activity Packet
Engage your students this fun and challenging resource to supplement the book Math Curse, which emphasizes the idea that math is everywhere!Packet includes:Story Elements graphic organizerStudent Tracking SheetScratch Paper32 Math Curse Task Cards (print and digital)4 blank task cards (for you to customize)Math Curse: create your own problemMath Curse: plan your own story graphic organizerMath Curse: plan your own story writing template #1Ideas for classroom use:Print and cut out cards. Place ea
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3rd - 6th
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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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
Task Cards for Flowers for Algernon - DIGITAL & PRINT
"The Flowers for Algernon task cards are a great resource to implement immediately! Visually appealing, easy to use text box entry, and more than enough information to get the kids thinking and responding." - Kelly H."The varied tasks on these Flowers for Algernon task cards made differentiating for our students a breeze, even in our current distance learning situation! My co-teacher and I were looking for a way to have students work on a collaborative GoogleSlides while we were reading the "Flo
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6th - 9th
Story Starters Creative Writing Prompts
Looking for a FUN and ENGAGING way to captivate your students' interest and enhance their writing skills? Look no further!
Have students who struggle with getting started when writing? Tired or hearing, "but I don't know what to write about!"? Well then, this is the product for you!
"Story Starters" are 24 writing task cards that provide students with the beginning sentence of a story and let their imaginations do the rest!
10-page packet includes:
Teacher directions
24 Prompt Task Cards
Brai
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1st - 6th
Reading Comprehension Short Stories for Identifying Beginning, Middle, & End
Reading Comprehension Short Stories for Identifying the Beginning, Middle, and End of a Story! I frequently see this IEP goal: "Student will be able to identify the beginning, middle, and ending of a story." Hence the reason behind creating this resource. This reading comprehension resource is a great place to start when working on this beginning comprehension skill. It includes 12 short stories with pictures and story mats for sequencing the beginning, middle, and end of the story. The teacher
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PreK - 2nd
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Close Reading Comprehension Activities Bundle - Print and Digital Versions
A great collection of close reading comprehension resources that includes over 550 pages of passages, questions, and comprehension strategies perfect for students in grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6. Printable PDF and digital Google Slides™ versions included for blended learning. --- RESOURCE DETAILS ---You are covered with this resource. It includes PDF printable versions as well as a Google Slides™ digital versions for distancing learning and homeschool. The eight comprehension resources are high
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4th - 6th
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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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Theme Task Cards and Test
52 Theme Task Cards, perfect for teaching "author's theme."
Contents include:
• 52 Task Cards
• 52 additional cards (same stories, different quest.)
• Theme Test (made from the last 20 task cards)
• Comic Reader foldable
• Bamboo Air foldable
• Big Eye Reading foldable
• Lesson Slide
• Answer Key
• Student Answer Sheet
Heres the video on how to fold "Bamboo Air"... (link) though the instructions are also on the plane.
These cards are also in my Inference Bundle
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4th - 8th
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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.
Game:
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 (Fiction & Nonfiction) Toothy® Task Kits
Toothy® Task Kits- an original idea from Angie Olson at ©Lucky Little Learners, LLC.This pack is part of the 2nd 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 12 fiction and nonfiction short stories included. Each short story features a clear main idea with key details. There are a total of 84 text-dependent questions (7 questions for ea
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2nd
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Writing Stimulus {Writing Prompts}
Writing Stimulus / Creative Writing Prompts:Writing Stimulus Task Cards | Creative Writing Prompts | Writing Stimulus Task Cards | Creative Writing Prompts | We as teachers expect our students to create pieces of writing on a regular basis - whether it be a narrative, short story, poem or creative writing piece. What we don't think about is how hard the children find it to actually get those creative juices flowing and think about topics to write about. Unfortunately, we don't have the time to s
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1st - 6th
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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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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut - Short Story Task Cards - Middle School ELA
The "Harrison Bergeron" short story task cards are the PERFECT reading comprehension activities for middle school and high school students to demonstrate their new learning. These PRINT and DIGITAL reading task cards are designed to break up the monotony of normal short story unit assignments and captivate students’ attention. This short story activity contains 36 rigorous and engaging CCSS aligned tasks that require students to not only think critically when reading this classic Vonnegut short
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6th - 9th
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Finding Theme Task Cards - Short Stories & Extension Activities
PRINT and TEACH! There are many different ways to use these cards to help your students identify common themes in stories. They can be read independently, in small groups, or you might consider reading them out loud for a whole class discussion. They also work well at reading centers, especially when combined with the challenge cards.
There are two different assessments included, short answer and multiple choice. Answer keys are provided for both. There is also a Reading Log included so studen
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4th - 6th
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Marigolds Cite Textual Evidence Task Cards
Eugenia W. Collier's "Marigolds": Task Cards for Citing Textual Evidence
This resource is a set of 20 task cards designed to help students practice citing evidence to support conclusions from the text, based on Eugenia Collier’s short story “Marigolds.” Skills covered in these task cards for “Marigolds” include: inferencing, characterization, theme, plot and setting. This resource also contains the same questions from the task cards formatted as a traditional worksheet, so that teachers can cho
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7th - 10th
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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Task Cards - Middle School
The "The Tell-Tale Heart" short story task cards are the PERFECT reading comprehension activities for middle school and high school students to demonstrate their new learning. These PRINT and DIGITAL reading task cards are designed to break up the monotony of normal short story unit assignments and captivate students’ attention. This short story activity contains 36 rigorous and engaging CCSS aligned tasks that require students to not only think critically when reading this classic Edgar Allan P
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6th - 9th
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Story Elements Game & Definition Matching Cards
Activities help students understand characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution, climax, rising & falling actions.
Activity 1:
30 sentence cards to match to 5 different story element cards and an answer key
- Characters
- Setting
- Conflict
- Plot
- Resolution
Activity 2:
8 definitions to match to 8 different story element cards and an answer key
- Characters
- Setting
- Conflict
- Rising Action
- Plot
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Resolution
Cut and pri
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2nd - 4th
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