1,429 results
3rd 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
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
Analyze Author's Craft-A Short Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
This fun, engaging fantasy story has a plot twist that will catch your students off guard! Help them use that surprise to analyze the author's craft and improve their reading comprehension. Story Synopsis: Garlok encounters a mystery when he finds a "Dragon Wanted" notice posted in the forest. Who out there would be seeking his amazing skills?Want more Garlok? Click here for the Garlok Characterization BUNDLE and save 19% on each story!This product is sold as a PDF file which includes: - Title P
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Plot: Story Structure Activity
NEW PRODUCT: Determining the Plot
**Best Seller **
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
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
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
Grades:
PreK - 9th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Types:
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
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
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
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks Language Arts Pack
Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks is a fantastic mentor text for your students! This packet will build background knowledge, increase student understanding of character traits, theme, summarizing, and more!Product Includes the following:Teacher Lesson PlanCharacter Trait ActivityCharacter Trait MapsTheme Graphic OrganizerDrawing Inferences Plot Graphic OrganizerSummarizing Graphic OrganizerText-to-Self ConnectionsText-to-Wold ConnectionsVerbs WorksheetAdjectives WorksheetMentor Sentences Act
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Graphic Novels lesson and Reading Response Log
Totally revised with a reader's response activity!Students are exposed to graphic novels in this lesson plan and are required to search for text features in graphic novels. This document includes a lesson plan, a handout to introduce text features, a text feature scavenger hunt sheet, a reader response activity, and a create your own comic paper.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
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.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Emoji Writing in Google Docs Writing / Technology STEAM Lesson Plan Grades 3-12
Get your students excited about writing in Google Docs with this dual-approach lesson! In this lesson, students of all grade levels can enjoy writing a short story based on their skill level and then turn it into an emoji-fied story! Tutorials, story samples, emoji examples, and emoji differences are all included! Emoji writing has never been this fun! Made for use with:PCMacChromebookAll resources are organized for assigning through Google Classroom!*This lesson has an optional post lesson:Emoj
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Mineral Lesson Plans (5E lessons that teach mineral properties & Mohs Scale)
Mineral Lesson Plans: Are you looking for kid-friendly lesson plans that explain what minerals are and how to identify them in a fun way? These engaging and hands-on lesson plans use the 5E model to teach students the properties of minerals and how geologists identify unknown minerals. These lessons have been classroom tested by me many times and are definitely student approved!LESSON #1 ALL ABOUT MINERALSThis lesson begins with an ENGAGING story about a boy named Rocky who finds an unknown mine
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
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
Grades:
PreK - 4th
Types:
Also included in: Social Skills - A BUNDLE OF STORIES for Autism/Special Needs
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!*
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 6th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
Also included in: Reading Strategies Task Cards Bundle Inference - Over 100 Cards!
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
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Types:
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
Grades:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
(Narrative writing) Writer's Workshop mini-lesson for 1st and 2nd grade.
This power point explains what a narrative writing is and has the students go through the processes with an example story.
You will need to download the free fonts on slide 2.
Check out my other writing mini-lessons.
Adding Spaces between words
Complete and Incomplete Sentences
Using Nouns
Proper Nouns
Possessive nouns
Pronouns
Questions and Commands
Statements and Exclamations
Verb Tense
Using Adjectives
Commas in a series
Commas in a date
The Writing Process
Homophones
Conjunctions
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Showing 1-24 of 1,429 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands