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Stories for the classroom
Short narratives that put vocabulary into a scene a learner can follow. 7,459 on the shelf, each with a discussion question.
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Story 2 kl Unit 7 (Clothes)
The Closet Race: A Story of Clothes and Adventure!
A group of clothes in a closet have a race and use their creativity to help each other finish in this fun and adventurous story.
Talk about it 1. What did the socks do to help the other clothes during the race? 2. What was the T-shirt's idea to make running easier? 3. How did the dress become a parachute? 4. Can you think of another transformation the cardigan could have made? 5. Why did the clothes decide to have a race again next week?
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Story In the living room
The Playful Carpet and Friends
A bored carpet teams up with a table, sofa, chair, TV, armchair, and picture to put on a successful play.
Talk about it 1. What was the carpet feeling before the play? 2. How did the carpet come up with the idea for the play? 3. Who was the audience for the play? 4. What did each object play in the play? 5. How did the audience react to the play?
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Story Antoinette's Sweet Friendship Adventure
The Wise Grandma and the Sweet Mistake
A young baker learns to add the right amount of salt and sugar with the help of a wise grandma in "The Wise Grandma and the Sweet Mistake".
Talk about it 1. Who was the main character in the story? 2. What was the young baker's mistake when baking a cake? 3. What did the wise grandma do to save the day? 4. What did the young baker learn from the wise grandma? 5. Can you think of a time when you made a mistake, but fixed it like the grandma did in the story?
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Story Family
The Napping Grandparents' Game of Hide-and-Seek
A family plays hide-and-seek and finds the grandparents napping, leading to a fun day of play together.
Talk about it 1. Who started the game of hide-and-seek? 2. Where did the baby find grandma and grandpa while playing hide-and-seek? 3. Why were grandma and grandpa taking a nap during the game? 4. How did everyone feel when they found out grandma and grandpa were napping? 5. How did the story end?
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Story Actions Rainbow 3rd grade
The Adventure of a Lifetime: A Fun-Filled Day of Riding, Cooking, Speaking, Dancing, Singing, Reading, Driving, Counting, Playing, Jumping, Skating, and Skiing
A group of friends have the adventure of a lifetime by doing all of their favorite activities in one day.
Talk about it 1. What were the different activities the friends did in the story? 2. Which activity did they do first and last? 3. What did they do during the day and night? 4. How did they feel at the end of the day? 5. Can you think of other fun activities to add to their adventure?
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Story Body
The Cleanest Knee in Town
Knobby the knee learns to take care of himself by washing his body parts and using his toes to tickle his legs and fingers to keep them clean.
Talk about it - What did Knobby think of the teeth's cleanliness? - How did Knobby clean his legs and fingers? - Why was Knobby the cleanest knee in town?
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Story Valentine's Day
The Chocolate Box's Love Story
A chocolate box with a heart transforms into a creature that finds love and a lifelong friend through a hug and kiss.
Talk about it - What is the story about? - Who are the main characters in the story? - Why did the chocolate box come to life? - What happened when the chocolate box found a friend? - How did the chocolate box show its love for its friend? - What happened at the end of the story?
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Story School supplies
The Table's Adventure and the Eraser's Mischief
A group of school supplies go on a journey and encounter mischief when an eraser goes rogue.
Talk about it 1. What did the table want to do? 2. How did the eraser get into trouble? 3. What did the friends do to help the eraser? 4. How did the table feel about its role in the classroom after the adventure? 5. Why did the eraser erase everything it touched?
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Story FGHIJ
Fin and Gori's Grape Adventure
A fish named Fin goes on an adventure with a hat-wearing gorilla named Gori to find the sweetest grapes and become friends.
Talk about it -What did Fin want to find on land? -What did Gori offer to do to help Fin? -How did Fin and Gori cool the grapes? -What did Fin and Gori do with the sweet grapes after they found them? -What did Fin tell his friends in the pond about his adventure?
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Story Unit 7: We love school
The Adventures of a Classroom Mouse
A curious mouse uses a ruler, keyboard, rubber, book, pencil, board, mouse, page, pen and impresses its teacher with its creativity.
Talk about it 1. What did the mouse do with the ruler and keyboard in the classroom? 2. What was the mouse's solution for writing with a pencil? 3. How did the mouse save the day in the story? 4. Why was the teacher impressed with the mouse's story? 5. What was the mouse's reward at the end of the story?
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Story unit 8 - FF1
Benny the Mischievous Bunny's Adventure in His House
Benny the bunny gets lost in his house while playing hide and seek and has a series of adventures in various rooms before being rescued with a feast.
Talk about it 1. How does Benny feel when he gets lost in the house? 2. What do you think Benny liked most about his adventure in the kitchen? 3. How does Benny's family react when they finally find him in the dining room? 4. Have you ever gotten lost or stuck somewhere before? How did you feel? 5. Do you think Benny learned anything from his adventure?
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Story Rainbow English - Vocabulary - 1st and 2nd grade
The Camping Adventure of Frank, Duke, Pippin, Cleo, and the Bug
A fox, dog, pig, cat, and bug become friends while camping and counting flowers.
Talk about it - Who was feeling tired at the beginning of the story? - What did the dog bring to the camping trip? - Who asked to go on the camping trip with the fox and dog? - What kind of noise did they hear in the tent at night? - Who became friends by the end of the story? - How many different types of flowers did they count on their hike?
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Story Voc
The Adventures of the Stamp and Friends
A stamp and her new friends go on a wild underwater adventure filled with laughter and magic.
Talk about it - Who was the main character in the story? - What happened when the stamp picked the flower and put it in her hat? - What happened when the apple fell on the stamp's head? - What did the fish offer the friends? - How did the adventure end?
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Story Clothes
Fashionable Friends: The Story of the Best Dressed Clothes
A group of clothes who were initially embarrassed for not having suits, coats and socks, ended up being the best dressed at the event after changing into their best clothes.
Talk about it 1. How did the group of clothes feel when they got to the event and saw everyone else was wearing suits, coats, and socks? 2. What did the group of clothes do when they got back to the wardrobe? 3. How did the group of clothes feel when they became the best dressed at the event? 4. Who was the most fashionable in the group of clothes? Why? 5. How would you describe the group of clothes after they changed into their best clothes?
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Story Rainbow English - 2nd grade (the first half of the year)
The Pink Hat's Hilltop Adventure
A pink hat sets out on an adventure, finds a tent on a hill with a bed, and has a good night's sleep.
Talk about it 1. Where did the pink hat go on its adventure? 2. What did the hat carry with it? 3. What did the bell signify in the story? 4. What did the belt suggest to the hat? 5. Where did the hat end up sleeping at night?
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Story Emotions and feelings
The Emotions' Contest: A Tale of Laughter and Joy in Feelings Land
In a kingdom of emotions, each one wins a contest by showing their unique strengths, leading to happiness and laughter.
Talk about it 1. Which emotion do you think won for being the funniest? 2. Can you think of another task that each emotion could have performed? 3. How do you think the other emotions felt about their win or loss? 4. If you were a emotion, which one would you want to be and why? 5. Do you think it's important to embrace all of our emotions, even the difficult ones?
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Story Emotions and feelings (2)
Benny the Bear and the Mood Swings Adventure
A little bear named Benny learns how to overcome a range of emotions with a slice of cake and a nap.
Talk about it 1. What emotions did Benny feel at the beginning of the story? 2. How did the clown help Benny? 3. What did Benny do to make himself feel better? 4. Why did Benny have the best nap of his life?
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Story Preschoolers (the first half of the year)
The Rainbow Race: A Colorful Adventure".
The colors of the rainbow have a race, but red cheats and wins, leading to a funny outcome in "The Rainbow Race: A Colorful Adventure".
Talk about it 1. What did red do to win the race? 2. How did the other colors feel about red winning the race? 3. Who was the fastest color before red won the race? 4. Why was it funny when red won the race? 5. Do you think the colors will have another race? Why or why not?
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Story Preschoolers (2)
Rainbow Valley's Hidden Colors
Brown, Black, Green, Red, Blue, and Pink play hide and seek in Rainbow Valley with humorous results.
Talk about it 1. Who was playing hide and seek in the story? 2. Who was counting while the others hid? 3. Where did Black hide? 4. How did Brown find Red? 5. What happened at the end of the story?
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Story Preschoolers
The Rainbow Adventure: A Colorful Tale of Laughter and Friendship
Eight color creatures go on a journey to defeat a mischievous wizard by making him laugh, restoring happiness and colors to their kingdom.
Talk about it 1. Why did Black cast a spell over the kingdom? 2. How did the color creatures feel before and after the spell was broken? 3. What did the creatures do to make Black laugh? 4. How did the creatures overcome the obstacles on their journey? 5. What did the creatures learn about friendship and laughter?
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Story Actions
Lily's Adventure: A Journey of Fun and Discovery
A little girl named Lily goes on an adventure, discovering new things and having fun through running, jumping, sleeping, playing, singing, dancing, standing, seeing, sitting, cooking, reading and swimming.
Talk about it 1. What did Lily do on her adventure? 2. What did she find in the bird's nest? 3. How did she feel when she went to bed after her day of cooking and reading? 4. Can you think of another adventure that Lily might go on? 5. What would you like to do on your own adventure?
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Story Spotlight 2 (7a-7b)
The Singing, Swimming, Dancing, and Jumping Frog and Friends
A frog, horse, bird, chimp, and fish become friends through singing, swimming, dancing, and jumping.
Talk about it 1. What did the frog want to learn from the horse? 2. How did the frog impress the horse? 3. Who joined the frog and horse while they were swimming? 4. What happened when a big fish appeared? 5. How did the frog, horse, bird, chimp, and fish become friends?
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Story Fill the missing letter
The Adventures of Tweetie: A Happy and Exciting Story of Confusion, Anger, Shock, Hunger, and Sadness".
A little bird named Tweetie learns to look for happiness in unexpected places.
Talk about it 1. How did Tweetie feel when he first arrived at the party? 2. What happened that made Tweetie feel angry, shocked, and sad? 3. Who helped Tweetie find food when there was none at the party? 4. What did Tweetie learn about finding happiness? 5. How did the other animals react when they saw how happy Tweetie was?
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Story Animals
The Adventure of the Mischievous Fox and his New Friends
A fox joins forces with a group of animal friends to catch dinner and find a girlfriend for the frog on their journey.
Talk about it 1. Who was the main character in the story? 2. What did the fox want to catch for dinner? 3. What did the group of friends help the bird do? 4. What was the crocodile feeling when they first met him? 5. Who did the frog end up finding as a girlfriend? 6. Why did the group celebrate at the end of the story?
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