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2nd grade short stories lessons under $5
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.
All yo
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2nd - 5th
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Click Clack Moo Cows That Type--Response Journal and Craftivity for K-2
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin is a book LOVED by kids!
This response journal will help make this unit easy for you and worthwhile for the kids. It is a book that is well known to most kids, which makes it a great journal to utilize in your K-1 classroom. To use, simply copy the pages you would like for your class to work on (I choose about 4-5) and copy with the cover on top! Included are:
*One biographical page about Doreen Cronin
*Journal Cover Page
*Characters and Setting
*Beginning
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K - 2nd
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Writing Workshop Mini Lesson: Seed Ideas for Small Moment Stories
This is a great resource for a writing workshop following Lucy Calkins Units of Study writing Personal Narratives. One of Lucy's units teaches students to write about small moments vs. the entire experience. For example, I may have vacationed in Hawaii, but I should pick one moment from the trip (like seeing the ocean for the first time) as my story. She refers to these small moments as "seed stories" and the entire experience a watermelon. Clever!When I teach this lesson I have my students prac
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1st - 5th
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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Weekly Reading Passage Reading Comprehension Writing ELL Reading Context Clues
Summary of Story:Two friends who never bend the rules try sneaking out of school just once before they graduate eighth grade... Unfortunately, that day happens to go terribly wrong.About this Resource:This is one story that is split into five passages. Each passage has seven questions (5 multiple choice, 1 short answer, and 1 extended response). Questions look at vocabulary, context clues, synonym/antonym, and other aspects of close reading.Whether you use these reading passages as homework, par
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2nd - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Summer Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
Main Idea Task Cards Short Passages
*UPDATED* New design and fixed passages 1/12/2220 short passages that will help your students master the skill of recognizing main ideas!CONTENTS:*20 Task Cards *1 Answer Sheet*1 Guided Answer Sheet*Main Idea definition poster in color + black and white*Answer Key*Main Idea Cover Task Card*Main Idea definition reminder cards for studentsThese are great for group use, individual use, centers and even whole class work.Depending on your intentions these will work great for 1st-3rd grade. Ideal for
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Reading Strategies Task Cards Bundle Inference - Over 100 Cards!
Story Retell No Print Speech Therapy | Distance Learning
Story Retell can be a difficult task! Students often forget the details without visual support. This resource can help! Each student is instructed on how to retell a story by:First: Tell about the details! Who/What/When/WhereNext: Tell about the problem in the story. What's wrong?Last: Tell about the solution to the problem. How did the problem get fixed?The first 10 slides help your student by putting guided clues to the retell in the speech bubble. The LAST 8 slides remove the prompts, so yo
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2nd - 5th
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35 Comprehension Builders - Skill Builder Series
The 35 comprehension builders start with simple sentence reading and grow gradually over a 2 month period of time. Each activity asks students to add details to a picture. Thus, they are "creating" and building mental images and deepening their comprehension skills. The unit ends with an assessment and an awards certificate. I use this unit two times a year in first grade.I use it in Dec-Jan and again in April- May to catch my struggling readers who need to see it again. This is a perfect tool
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K - 2nd
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Auditory Memory Magic
Target auditory memory with the variety of games and visuals included in this resource. Your students will be able to improve their auditory memory, listening skills, and comprehension by playing these fun and engaging games. Plus, with a "magic" theme, they'll be intrigued to play!***************************************************************************What awesome auditory memory activities are included?★ Visual of memory strategies★ Repeat It Back: A board is provided to use with this game.
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2nd - 8th
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Inferring Character Feelings Reader's Workshop Mini Lesson and Reading Passages
These reading passages were designed to be used in a reader's workshop mini-lesson about inferring a character's feelings from a text OR as practice passages for small groups. This resource includes a passage for the model, guided practice/active engagement, and independent practice parts of a mini-lesson as well as two more passages that could be used in small groups.Included in this resource:*Inferring Character Feelings Mini-Lesson*5 Practice Passages (2 are duplicate passages that focus on
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1st - 3rd
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Constellations
This unit has been used in the classroom with much success. My students are asking for more. They learned from the questions and discussion that it lead to.
The unit includes the following:
* suggested lesson plans (about 15 minutes) that include a quick introduction to stars and constellations with an anchor chart (printable)
- 5 stories about the constellations with open ended questions to lead to classroom discussions. Stories are designed for elementary age students. Constellation storie
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2nd - 4th
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Social Skill Booklet - No Swearing
Autism/kindergarten Social skills and Social skills strip - No Swearing!Both are a tried and tested strategy in behaviour management.This story help a person with autism understand how others might behave or respond in a particular situation, and therefore how they might be expected to behave and to help others understand the perspective of a person with autism and why they may respond or behave in a particular way. Use as a behavioural strategy by modelling what is the right and wrong thing to
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PreK - 4th
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Also included in: Social Skills - A BUNDLE OF STORIES for Autism/Special Needs
1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions | 1st Grade Busy Work
This reading comprehension passage bundle makes it easy to incorporate the common core standards into your teaching. The reading comprehension bundle includes 3 of our themed reading comprehension packets bundled together at a great discount.Beginning of the Year Reading Comprehension Packet RationaleMy Dog Reading Comprehension PacketThe story is a fiction narrative based upon a child’s desire to have a pet, in this case, a dog. There are two formats for the story. The first format is 3 pages
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1st - 2nd
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Personal Narratives Made Easy!
*INCLUDES BONUS PACK
This download helps students understand and create personal narratives. It includes:
~introduction to personal narratives
~example personal narrative
~blank personal narrative templates
~personal narrative checklist
The Bonus Pack will allow your students to create books about their families, which include personal narratives. It includes:
~graphic organizer
~blank book page templates
~a complete sample book
*available in a discounted Writing Made Easy bundle!*
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1st - 6th
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Reading Comprehension Passages Level I
These level I reading passages and short stories can be used for comprehension and fluency. They are great in whole group, small group, guided reading, and intervention settings.There are a total of 15 passages in this download. Both fiction and nonfiction are included. However, in this packet there are more nonfiction passages than fiction. Several nonfiction passages focus on animal traits, habitats, and other characteristics. Each passage has picture references directly relating to the passag
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension and Fluency Passages Levels A-M Bundle
Printable & Digital "My Name Story" Writing Project
Using "Alma and How She Got Her Name" as a mentor text, this product contains the resources you need to to help your students tell the stories of their names. This project provides your students an opportunity to share a little bit about their family and culture with the class – such an important step in creating a positive, welcoming classroom environment! Turn your final drafts into a class book that can live in your classroom forever, and you allow your students to see themselves in your clas
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2nd - 4th
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Miss Spider's Tea Party [Literature Unit]
Miss Spider's Tea Party By: David Kirk is one of my personal favorites! My students love hearing and retelling the story throughout the month and at the end of the month we have our own tea party. This bundle includes:- Miss Spider's Tea Party Sequencing Activity- Miss Spider's Tea Party Reading comprehension questions- Miss Spider's Tea Party pocket chart cards- Miss Spider's Tea Party story organizer- Miss Spider's Tea Party character study- "If i had a tea party, i would invite..." Writin
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PreK - 2nd
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Inference Task Cards for Reading Comprehension
Inference is a hard task for students to understand. This activity makes it much easier for the students and..you! CONTENTS:*20 Colorful task cards for student use, group use, whole class discussion, small groups, reading groups..whatever you need!Laminate them and use over and over!*2 different answer sheet versions for differentiated assessment.*1 - empty sheet and 1 - guided sheet*Color tracking sheet for students to color after they finish a task by number*Answer key for the teacher *Inferen
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Reading Strategies Task Cards Bundle Inference - Over 100 Cards!
Comparing & Contrasting Plot and Characters using Short Films
I love using short films to introduce literacy skills, such as comparing & contrasting pot, because it allows the content to be accessible to ALL of my students, including my struggling readers! During this activity your students will begin by filling in a graphic organizer identifying the elements of plot. Next they will use their graphic organizer to answer questions that compare and contrast to plot and characters of the two short films.You can use this activity do introduce the concept w
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2nd - 5th
Moral of Stories & Different Versions RL 2.2 RL 2.9 RL 3.2 & RL 3.9
RL 2.2 & RL 2.9RL 3.2 & RL 3.93 Short Stories with Morals1) No Snacks for Sarah - Version of Boy Who Cried WolfMoral = If You Are Dishonest, People Will Not Believe You When You Are Telling The Truth2) Worksheet Compare & Contrast 3) Diego's Decision - Version of The Miller, His Sons, & Their DonkeyMoral= You Can't Make Everyone Happy4) Worksheet Compare & Contrast5) Sasha's Spelling Test - Version of The Ant and The GrasshopperMoral = Hard Work Pays Off or Work Now, Play
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Morals & Lessons RL 2.2 RL 3.2 BUNDLE - 9 Products
Mistakes - A Growth Mindset lesson using Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
This growth mindset lesson is all about making mistakes as a part of the learning process. This lesson requires you to buy or have the book "Beautiful Oops" by Barney Saltzberg. This is a wonderful little board book where an artist turns many common "mistakes" into fun little drawings.
This is a growth mindset lesson I use with my once weekly growth mindset classes from Kindergarten all the way through 5th grade. The students really love the pictures in this book and the message that mistakes a
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K - 4th
Narrative Writing Fun - Common Core Aligned - The Story of My Worst Ouch
This is a fun writing project that is aligned with the Common Core. It is designed to align with standard W2.3 for second grade. Students will write a narrative about their worst ouch. We know all little ones love talking about their worst injury or illness, now they can turn it into a narrative! This packet includes:
1 graphic organizer for narrative planning or pre-write
1 rough draft sheet
1 story helper (This page contains a word bank, and tips to help make their writing shine.)
1 cover f
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1st - 3rd
French Listening Comprehension Activity - Compréhension orale 10 textes
French Listening Activity - La compréhension orale permet à l’enseignant de vérifier si un élève comprend bien ce qui est dit. L’élève doit démontrer sa compréhension par un dessin, en suivant des consignes précises que l’enseignant dit à haute voix. Cette ressource contient 10 courts textes qui sont parfaits pour vérifier la compréhension orale en 1re, 2e et 3e années. Je dirais même que ce produit pourrait être utilisé en 4e année avec certains élèves. Chaque compréhension orale peut être e
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1st - 4th
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