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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 School supplies
The Chair's Mischievous Prank
A chair, pencil, book, bag, table and eraser become friends after a mischievous prank.
Talk about it 1. Who played a joke in the story? 2. Who was surprised by the chair's prank? 3. Who became friends after the prank? 4. Why did the eraser laugh at the scene under the table? 5. What do you think the chair and eraser will do next?
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Story FGHIJ
The Fun-Filled Adventures of Fin and the Gorilla
Fin the fish and a jumping gorilla become best friends while eating flowers and having fun in the sun.
Talk about it 1. How did Fin and the gorilla become friends? 2. What did they eat instead of grapes? 3. Why did the gorilla jump from a hot air balloon? 4. What happened to Fin and the gorilla at the end of the story?
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Story Unit 7: We love school
The Magic Book and Computer Adventure
A teacher brings a magical book to class that transforms into a computer, leading to a silly and unexpected adventure.
Talk about it 1. What was the teacher's favorite thing about books and computers? 2. How did the students react when the book turned into a computer? 3. What was the ruler doing in the story? 4. What did the kids learn from the adventure with the book and computer?
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Story Rainbow English - Vocabulary - 1st and 2nd grade
Mittens the Mischievous Cat: A Forest Adventure
Mittens the cat learns a lesson about friendship and not playing tricks on others through a forest adventure with a bug, dog, ant, frog, and hat.
Talk about it -What did Mittens do to the bug? -What was the frog's role in the story? -Why did Mittens wear a hat and bark like a dog? -What lesson did Mittens learn at the end of the story? -How did the bug, ant, and frog teach Mittens a lesson?
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Story Voc
The Adventures of Sam the Stamp and Friends
A stamp, an apple, a flower, a tree with a bell, a boat, a pencil, a fish, and a hat all embark on a fun-filled adventure together.
Talk about it 1. What did Sam the stamp do when he saw the flower? 2. Why was the Apple running away from Sam? 3. What did the tree give Sam and the Apple as a gift? 4. What did the pencil do while fishing? 5. What did Sam, the Apple, and the flowers write with the pen at the end of the story?
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Story Clothes
The Shrunken Fashionista
A man named Mr. Fashion finds humor in his clothes shrinking and becomes known as "The Shrunken Fashionista" with his unique fashion sense.
Talk about it 1. Why did Mr. Fashion laugh when his clothes shrunk? 2. What was Mr. Fashion's new nickname after his clothes shrunk? 3. How do you think the town felt about Mr. Fashion's new style? 4. If your clothes shrunk, what kind of outfit would you create?
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Story Rainbow English - 2nd grade (the first half of the year)
The Adventure to Milk Hill
A little girl named Lily and a group of ten animals follow a map to Milk Hill, where they discover a giant glass of magic milk that makes them grow ten times their size and have fun playing together.
Talk about it 1. What happened to Lily's bed at the beginning of the story? 2. What did Lily find inside the tent? 3. Who did Lily meet on the way to Milk Hill? 4. What did they find at Milk Hill? 5. How did the animals feel after drinking the magic milk?
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Story Emotions and feelings
The Emotions' Jester Competition
Surprised and Scared win the Emotions' Jester Competition by scaring each other and making everyone laugh.
Talk about it 1. What was the competition about in the kingdom of Feelings? 2. Who did Surprised team up with for the competition and why? 3. How did Sleepy react when he woke up during the show? 4. What was the outcome of the competition and how did everyone feel about it? 5. Can you think of a different ending for this story?
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Story Emotions and feelings (2)
The Adventure of Emotions: How Happy Hugged the Angry Bear
The emotions Happy, Surprised, Sleepy, Sad, Angry and Afraid go on an adventure, and with Happy's help, they make an angry bear smile and fall asleep.
Talk about it 1. What did the emotions do when they encountered the angry bear? 2. Why did the bear cry after Sad sang a lullaby? 3. How did Happy help the angry bear? 4. Why was everyone proud of Happy in the end? 5. In what ways can you use your emotions to help others?
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Story Preschoolers (2)
The Rainbow Mess: A Story of a Green Dragon and a Mischievous Bear
A green dragon learns to embrace his unique style after a mischievous bear tricks him into creating a colorful, rainbow painting.
Talk about it 1. What was the competition in the kingdom about? 2. Who did Greg go to for help with painting? 3. How did Greg's painting turn out at first? 4. Why did Greg run away from the kingdom? 5. What did Greg realize about his painting when he looked at it again? 6. Who declared Greg the winner of the competition? 7. How did Greg become known in the kingdom after the competition?
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Story Preschoolers
The Colorful Crayons' Adventure
A group of crayons go on an adventure and learn that working together makes their coloring even better.
Talk about it 1. What is the name of the crayons in the story? 2. What did the crayons color first on their adventure? 3. Who suggested adding yellow to the pink elephant? 4. How did the crayons change the blue sky? 5. Why did the crayons have more fun on their adventure?
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Story Actions
The Adventures of Sing, Cook, See, Play, Read, and Dance
Sing, Cook, See, Play, Read, and Dance join forces to have fun, help others, and celebrate their friendship.
Talk about it - Who were the friends in the story? - What did they do to celebrate their friendship? - What did they do to help the lost baby bird? - What did they do to celebrate their victory? - How did they stick together like the best of friends?
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Story Spotlight 2 (7a-7b)
The Jungle Jamboree: A Fun-Filled Adventure with Charlie and Friends
A chimp named Charlie and his friends, a frog, fish, bird, and horse, have a wild and entertaining party in the jungle every day.
Talk about it 1. What did Charlie and his friends do at the party? 2. Who played the guitar at the party? 3. Who was the best dancer in the jungle? 4. What did they do every day? 5. How did they all become friends?
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Story Clothes
The Closet Races: A Tale of Teamwork and Fashion
A group of clothes, Socks, Hat, Trousers, Shoes, Shorts, Jacket, T-shirt and Dress, have a race to see who can get dressed first but learn the importance of teamwork.
Talk about it - Why did Socks start off strong in the race? - Who took a shortcut and won the race? - What was the moral of the story? - How did the clothes feel at the end of the story? - Why is teamwork important when getting dressed?
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Story School supplies
The Mischievous School Supplies
A group of school supplies play hide and seek and have a fun adventure in a pencil case.
Talk about it 1. How did the pencil feel at the beginning of the story? 2. What game did the school supplies play? 3. Who was "it" in the game of hide and seek? 4. Where did the school supplies hide? 5. How did the pen react when he found the others hiding in the pencil case?
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Story Fill the missing letter
The Adventures of the Emotional Squad
A group of emotions play hide-and-seek, and end up finding happiness together.
Talk about it 1. How did Happy help Confuse? 2. What made Sad smile again? 3. Why did Angry leave the game? 4. How did Shocked react when he was found? 5. How did the emotions feel at the end of the story?
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Story Animals
The Unusual Adventure of Benny, Crocky and Dolly
A bear, a crocodile, and a dolphin team up in disguise to stop an eagle from taking all the fish in the river, becoming best friends in the process.
Talk about it 1. How did Benny and Crocky help Dolly? 2. Why did Ellie stop taking fish from the river? 3. What was the plan that Benny, Crocky, and Dolly came up with? 4. What was the result of the plan? 5. How did Benny, Crocky, and Dolly become friends?
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Story Animals
The King's Court of Adventurers: An Eagle, a Parrot, a Lion, a Polar Bear, a Bear, a Panda and an Owl
An eagle, a parrot, a lion, a polar bear, a bear, a panda, and an owl become friends and advisors to the king of the jungle.
Talk about it 1. Who were the seven animals that became friends and advisors to the king of the jungle? 2. What did the polar bear do when he was left out at the lion's court? 3. Why did the owl fly in to the lion's court? 4. How did the king of the jungle feel about the seven animals? 5. Do you think the seven animals continued to tell funny stories? Why or why not?
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Story Animal
Puddles, the Polar Bear and the Fish Hunt Adventure
A friendly Polar bear, a whale and an eagle team up to catch fish in the ocean and become best friends.
Talk about it 1. Who is Puddles and what kind of animal is he? 2. Who is Ozzy and what is his relationship to Puddles? 3. Why did the whale ask Puddles for help finding fish? 4. How did the eagle help Puddles and the whale find fish? 5. What happened when they found the secret fishing spot? 6. How did Puddles, the whale, and the eagle become best friends?
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Story 1 Class. Unit 4.
Benny's Bizarre Dinner Adventure
Benny the rabbit learns that his favorite foods are best enjoyed separately after he creates a strange mixture of milk, cake, juice, pasta, cabbage, sweets, and carrots.
Talk about it 1. What did Benny think of his unusual dinner mixture? 2. Why do you think Benny's mom made him eat greens? 3. Have you ever mixed different foods together? How did it turn out? 4. What lesson did Benny learn from his experiment with food?
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Story 2 kl Unit 7 (Clothes)
The Great Clothes Adventure
Clothes embark on a race to find their way home, encountering obstacles and playing pranks along the way in "The Great Clothes Adventure".
Talk about it 1. Who suggested the race for the clothes to find their way home? 2. How did each piece of clothing overcome obstacles along the way? 3. What was each article of clothing's favorite part of the journey? 4. Who won the race, and how did they feel about it?
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Story In the living room
The Magic Carpet's Prank
A magical carpet plays a silly prank on furniture that leads to laughter but also chaos, ultimately requiring its magic to restore order.
Talk about it - What was the carpet's prank on the furniture? - How did the sofa and chairs react to the prank? - Why did the furniture need the carpet's help? - How did the carpet restore order in the end? - What do you think would happen if the carpet played another prank?
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Story Actions Rainbow 3rd grade
The Ultimate Adventure Challenge
Friends compete in different activities and have a wild, fun-filled day.
Talk about it 1. Who were the friends in the story? 2. What was the competition about? 3. What happened when they tried to ski? 4. What did they have for lunch? 5. What did they forget to do?
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Story Body
The Tickle Adventure of Limpy the Leg
A leg named Limpy goes on a tickle adventure, growing hair on his foot and finding the tickliest spot on his body.
Talk about it 1. What was Limpy's plan to become the tickliest in all the land? 2. Who helped Limpy with his hair on his foot? 3. What did Limpy find to be the tickliest spot on his body? 4. Why did Limpy laugh and tickle himself silly? 5. How do you think Limpy felt after his adventure was over?
Open reading