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Fiction: The Lighthouse Keeper
Name
Score
Read the story, then answer the questions.
The Lighthouse Keeper
Old Sam lived alone in a tall white lighthouse by the sea.
Every night he climbed the winding stairs to light the big lamp.
The bright beam warned ships to stay away from the sharp rocks.
One stormy night the power went out and the lamp went dark.
Sam grabbed his old oil lantern and held it high in the window.
A passing ship saw the small light and turned safely away.
1) Where did Sam live?
2) What did the lamp warn ships about?
3) What went wrong one night?
4) What did Sam use instead?
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Fiction: The Lighthouse Keeper
Ages 6β8
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Fiction: The Secret Treehouse
Name
Score
Read the story, then answer the questions.
The Secret Treehouse
Maya and Ben found an old treehouse deep in the woods.
The wooden ladder was loose, so they climbed up very carefully.
Inside they found a dusty box with a faded map.
The map showed a path to a hidden stream.
They followed it and discovered a family of ducks.
From then on, the treehouse was their favorite place.
1) Who found the treehouse?
2) Why did they climb carefully?
3) What was in the box?
4) What did the map show?
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Fiction: The Secret Treehouse
Ages 6β8
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Fiction: The Science Fair
Name
Score
Read the story, then answer the questions.
The Science Fair
Priya wanted to win a ribbon at the class science fair.
She decided to grow two bean plants in cups.
She put one plant in the sunny window and one in a dark closet.
Every day she watered both plants the same way.
After two weeks, the sunny plant was tall and green.
The closet plant was thin and pale, so Priya learned plants need light.
1) What did Priya want to win?
2) What did she grow?
3) Where did she put each plant?
4) Which plant grew better?
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Fiction: The Science Fair
Ages 6β8
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Fiction: The New Kid
Name
Score
Read the story, then answer the questions.
The New Kid
On Monday a new boy named Theo joined the class.
He sat by himself and did not say a word at lunch.
Rosa noticed that Theo looked lonely.
She walked over and asked him to play four square.
Theo smiled for the first time all day.
By Friday, Theo and Rosa were good friends.
1) Who was the new boy?
2) How did Theo act at first?
3) What did Rosa do?
4) What happened by Friday?
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Fiction: The New Kid
Ages 6β8
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Fiction: The Snow Day
Name
Score
Read the story, then answer the questions.
The Snow Day
Ella woke up and saw the whole yard covered in white.
The radio said school was closed for a snow day.
She pulled on her boots, hat, and thick mittens.
Ella and her brother built a fort out of packed snow.
They sipped warm cocoa when their fingers got cold.
It was the best surprise day of the winter.
1) What did Ella see out the window?
2) Why was school closed?
3) What did they build?
4) What did they drink?
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Fiction: The Snow Day
Ages 6β8
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Fiction: The Lost Puppy
Name
Score
Read the story, then answer the questions.
The Lost Puppy
A small brown puppy sat shivering on the corner in the rain.
It had no collar and no home to run to.
Jack scooped it up and wrapped it in his dry jacket.
He made signs and hung them all around the neighborhood.
Three days later a worried family called about their puppy.
Jack was sad to say goodbye, but glad the puppy was home.
1) Where was the puppy?
2) What did the puppy not have?
3) What did Jack make?
4) Who called?
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Fiction: The Lost Puppy
Ages 6β8
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Story Map
Name
Score
Read the story, then fill in the story map.
The Lighthouse Keeper
Old Sam lived alone in a tall white lighthouse by the sea.
Every night he climbed the winding stairs to light the big lamp.
The bright beam warned ships to stay away from the sharp rocks.
One stormy night the power went out and the lamp went dark.
Sam grabbed his old oil lantern and held it high in the window.
A passing ship saw the small light and turned safely away.
Characters β Who is in the story?
Setting β Where does it happen?
Beginning
Middle
End
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Reading Worksheet
Story Map: The Lighthouse Keeper
Ages 6β8
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Story Map
Name
Score
Read the story, then fill in the story map.
The Secret Treehouse
Maya and Ben found an old treehouse deep in the woods.
The wooden ladder was loose, so they climbed up very carefully.
Inside they found a dusty box with a faded map.
The map showed a path to a hidden stream.
They followed it and discovered a family of ducks.
From then on, the treehouse was their favorite place.
Characters β Who is in the story?
Setting β Where does it happen?
Beginning
Middle
End
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Reading Worksheet
Story Map: The Secret Treehouse
Ages 6β8
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Story Map
Name
Score
Read the story, then fill in the story map.
The Science Fair
Priya wanted to win a ribbon at the class science fair.
She decided to grow two bean plants in cups.
She put one plant in the sunny window and one in a dark closet.
Every day she watered both plants the same way.
After two weeks, the sunny plant was tall and green.
The closet plant was thin and pale, so Priya learned plants need light.
Characters β Who is in the story?
Setting β Where does it happen?
Beginning
Middle
End
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Reading Worksheet
Story Map: The Science Fair
Ages 6β8
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Story Map
Name
Score
Read the story, then fill in the story map.
The New Kid
On Monday a new boy named Theo joined the class.
He sat by himself and did not say a word at lunch.
Rosa noticed that Theo looked lonely.
She walked over and asked him to play four square.
Theo smiled for the first time all day.
By Friday, Theo and Rosa were good friends.
Characters β Who is in the story?
Setting β Where does it happen?
Beginning
Middle
End
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Reading Worksheet
Story Map: The New Kid
Ages 6β8
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Story Map
Name
Score
Read the story, then fill in the story map.
The Snow Day
Ella woke up and saw the whole yard covered in white.
The radio said school was closed for a snow day.
She pulled on her boots, hat, and thick mittens.
Ella and her brother built a fort out of packed snow.
They sipped warm cocoa when their fingers got cold.
It was the best surprise day of the winter.
Characters β Who is in the story?
Setting β Where does it happen?
Beginning
Middle
End
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Reading Worksheet
Story Map: The Snow Day
Ages 6β8
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Story Map
Name
Score
Read the story, then fill in the story map.
The Lost Puppy
A small brown puppy sat shivering on the corner in the rain.
It had no collar and no home to run to.
Jack scooped it up and wrapped it in his dry jacket.
He made signs and hung them all around the neighborhood.
Three days later a worried family called about their puppy.
Jack was sad to say goodbye, but glad the puppy was home.
Characters β Who is in the story?
Setting β Where does it happen?
Beginning
Middle
End
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Reading Worksheet
Story Map: The Lost Puppy
Ages 6β8
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Sequencing: What Happened?
Name
Score
Read the story. Number the events 1 to 4 in the right order.
The Lighthouse Keeper
Old Sam lived alone in a tall white lighthouse by the sea.
Every night he climbed the winding stairs to light the big lamp.
The bright beam warned ships to stay away from the sharp rocks.
One stormy night the power went out and the lamp went dark.
Sam grabbed his old oil lantern and held it high in the window.
A passing ship saw the small light and turned safely away.
Sam climbed the stairs each night.
A storm knocked out the power.
A ship turned away safely.
Sam held up an oil lantern.
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Reading Worksheet
Retell in Order: The Lighthouse Keeper
Ages 6β8
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Sequencing: What Happened?
Name
Score
Read the story. Number the events 1 to 4 in the right order.
The Secret Treehouse
Maya and Ben found an old treehouse deep in the woods.
The wooden ladder was loose, so they climbed up very carefully.
Inside they found a dusty box with a faded map.
The map showed a path to a hidden stream.
They followed it and discovered a family of ducks.
From then on, the treehouse was their favorite place.
They found a box with a map.
They found ducks at the stream.
They found the treehouse.
They followed the map.
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Reading Worksheet
Retell in Order: The Secret Treehouse
Ages 6β8
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Sequencing: What Happened?
Name
Score
Read the story. Number the events 1 to 4 in the right order.
The Science Fair
Priya wanted to win a ribbon at the class science fair.
She decided to grow two bean plants in cups.
She put one plant in the sunny window and one in a dark closet.
Every day she watered both plants the same way.
After two weeks, the sunny plant was tall and green.
The closet plant was thin and pale, so Priya learned plants need light.
She placed them in sun and dark.
She watered them each day.
The sunny plant grew tall.
Priya planted two beans.
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Reading Worksheet
Retell in Order: The Science Fair
Ages 6β8
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Sequencing: What Happened?
Name
Score
Read the story. Number the events 1 to 4 in the right order.
The New Kid
On Monday a new boy named Theo joined the class.
He sat by himself and did not say a word at lunch.
Rosa noticed that Theo looked lonely.
She walked over and asked him to play four square.
Theo smiled for the first time all day.
By Friday, Theo and Rosa were good friends.
Rosa asked him to play.
He sat alone at lunch.
Theo joined the class.
They became friends.
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Reading Worksheet
Retell in Order: The New Kid
Ages 6β8
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