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Stories for the classroom
Short narratives that put vocabulary into a scene a learner can follow. 7,463 on the shelf, each with a discussion question.
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Story Actions Rainbow 3rd grade
A Day of Adventure: Skiing, Dancing, Singing, Riding, and Running
A little girl named Emily has a fun-filled day skiing, dancing, singing, riding, and running, realizing she can do anything she sets her mind to.
Talk about it 1. What did Emily love to do? 2. What did she do in one day? 3. How did she feel after she finished all of her activities? 4. What did Emily realize at the end of the story? 5. Can you think of other activities that Emily might enjoy doing?
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Story Actions Rainbow 3rd grade
A Day of Fun and Adventure with Lily
Lily spends a day doing all of her favorite activities including cooking, jumping, playing, reading, speaking, driving, and skating.
Talk about it 1. What was Lily's favorite activity of the day? 2. How did Lily feel after each activity? 3. What did Lily learn from reading her book? 4. What did Lily do for the first time in the story? 5. What was the most challenging activity for Lily? 6. What did Lily dream about at the end of the day?
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Lily's Adventure: A Story of a Brave Little Girl
Lily learns to be careful while playing and appreciates her strong and healthy body parts after falling and injuring herself.
Talk about it 1. What happened to Lily while she was playing outside? 2. How did Lily's mother help her when she was hurt? 3. What did Lily learn from her adventure? 4. Can you name all the body parts that Lily has? 5. How can you be careful when you are playing to avoid getting hurt?
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The Glue Adventure of Lily and Max
Lily and her friend Max have a sticky situation when glue gets on Lily's finger and hair, but with a good laugh and some soap, they have a memorable adventure.
Talk about it 1. What happened to Lily's finger? 2. How did Lily try to clean the sticky substance off her finger? 3. Who helped Lily clean up the mess? 4. What did Lily's mom do when she saw Lily with glue in her hair? 5. What did Lily and Max learn from their adventure with the glue?
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Story Common Nouns in English: phones 3
The Adventure of Lily and Her High-Tech Gaming Headset
Lily learns about the importance of infrared technology, latency, and modems while trying to improve her gaming experience with her new headset.
Talk about it 1. What did Lily receive as a gift from her parents? 2. What was the problem with the sound in Lily's headset? 3. What is latency and how did Lily adjust it? 4. What is a modem and how did it help Lily with her gaming experience? 5. What is a packet of data and how does it work in the game? 6. How did Lily become known as a tech-savvy gamer among her friends?
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Story Common Nouns in English: construction 13
Rasp's Journey to Recovery
Rasp, a little bird, overcomes a broken wing with the help of the animal rehabilitation center and his friends the ravvets, learning the importance of hard work and self-care.
Talk about it 1. What happened to Rasp that made him go to the animal rehabilitation center? 2. How did Rasp get better? 3. What did Rasp learn from his experience? 4. Why did Rasp sing when he saw the resin? 5. What did Rasp's friends do when they heard him singing?
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Story Common Nouns in English: construction 13
The Prince and the Carpenter: A Tale of Building and Bravery
A prince learns about building and saves a village from dangerous radon gas while working with a carpenter on a roofing project.
Talk about it 1. Who is Prince Radial and what does he learn from the carpenter? 2. What is the purpose of using primer, pumice, putty, purlins, rafters and rake in building a roof? 3. What is radon gas and why is it dangerous? 4. How does Prince Radial become a hero in the story? 5. What did you learn from the story about building and bravery?
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Story Common Nouns in English: construction 8
Jack the Jigsaw Puzzle Maker
A carpenter named Jack uses his skills to make a strong and durable jigsaw puzzle for a little girl, becoming known as the best jigsaw puzzle maker in the village.
Talk about it 1. Who is Jack in the story? 2. What did Jack make for Jenny? 3. What did Jack use to make sure the puzzle pieces fit together? 4. How did Jack make the puzzle sturdy? 5. What did Jack become known as in the village?
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Story Common Nouns in English: construction 8
Max the Insulator: A Cozy Tale of Determination
Max the mouse improves his home by adding insulation with the help of a gutter, hearth, heel, hip, inlay, insulation, jamb, and jig.
Talk about it 1. Why did Max want to add insulation to his mouse hole? 2. How did Max use his hip to help him with his project? 3. What did Max's friends suggest he add to his insulation to make it better? 4. How did Max feel when he finally finished adding the insulation to his mouse hole? 5. Why was Max known as the mouse with the warmest home in the whole house?
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Story Common Nouns in English: construction 2
Buddy the Brave Buck and the Building of the Park
A curious little buck named Buddy discovers a new park being built and learns the importance of safety from the kind operator of a bulldozer.
Talk about it 1. Why was Buddy scared when he saw the bulldozer? 2. What did the operator of the bulldozer do to help Buddy? 3. What did Buddy learn from the experience? 4. How did Buddy feel about the park after it was built? 5. Why was the burl important to Buddy?
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Story Common Nouns in English: construction 2
Brad the Carpenter: A Tale of Skill and Creativity
Brad, a skilled carpenter, builds a beautiful bookshelf and bench for the local library and becomes known as the best carpenter in town.
Talk about it 1. Who is Brad in the story? 2. What did Brad build for the local library? 3. What tools did Brad use to build the bookshelf? 4. What did Brad add to the bookshelf to make it look beautiful? 5. Why was Brad known as the best carpenter in town? 6. What was the reaction of the library staff and visitors to Brad's work? 7. What did Brad build in the library's garden? 8. Why did the people of the town love Brad?
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Story Common Nouns in English: military army 6
Leo the Brave: A Tale of a Skirmish and a Sortie
A brave warrior named Leo leads a successful sortie against an enemy tribe in defense of his kingdom and becomes a celebrated hero.
Talk about it 1. What was the kingdom under attack by? 2. Why did Leo grab his spear? 3. What was Leo's plan to defend the kingdom? 4. How did the people of the kingdom react to Leo's bravery? 5. What did Leo become known as after the battle? 6. How did the kingdom live after the battle? 7. What is a skirmish and a sortie? Can you give an example of each?
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Story Common Nouns in English: military army 6
Jack the Brave: The Siege of the Small Town
A brave cowboy named Jack saves a small town from bandits by leading a retreat to a nearby hill and using his revolver and rifle to defeat the attackers in a siege.
Talk about it 1. Who is Jack and why did he come to the small town? 2. What did Jack do to help the townspeople defend their town? 3. How did Jack and the townspeople defeat the bandits? 4. Why was Jack a hero to the townspeople? 5. What happened to Jack after the siege was over? 6. Why do you think the townspeople never forgot Jack's bravery?
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Story Common Nouns in English: geometry 4
The Brave Line-being: Saving the Locus Kingdom
A brave Line-being named Linus saves the Locus Kingdom from a wicked witch who was changing the lines and restoring the kingdom to its former beauty.
Talk about it 1. Who was the main character in the story? 2. What was happening in the Locus Kingdom? 3. Why did Linus go on a quest? 4. Who was causing the lines in the kingdom to change? 5. How did Linus save the kingdom? 6. What was the celebration for at the end of the story? 7. How did the Line-beings feel about Linus after he saved the kingdom?
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Story Common Nouns in English: geometry 4
Kitey's Adventure in Geometry Land
Kitey learns about its hexagonal shape, incircle, inversion, involute, and legs through a lesson with its friend Mathis in "Kitey's Adventure in Geometry Land.
Talk about it 1. What shape was Kitey? 2. What did Kitey learn about its shape from Mathis? 3. What is an incircle? 4. What is an inversion? 5. What did the incircle turn into after the inversion? 6. What did Kitey learn about its legs? 7. How did Kitey feel after learning all this new information? 8. Can you think of any real-life examples of hexagons or incircles?
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Story Common Nouns in English: machine learning 1
The Confused Robots and the Classifier Challenge
A group of robots learn about classifiers and clustering, but encounter confusion while sorting objects, leading to a lesson on decision-making and working together.
Talk about it 1. What is a classifier and how does it work? 2. What was the challenge given to the robots in the story? 3. Why did the robots get confused while sorting the objects? 4. What did the teacher teach the robots about confusion and decision-making? 5. What did the robots learn from the classifier challenge?
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Story Common Nouns in English: machine learning 1
The Fruit Classification Adventure: A Tale of Bagging, Boosting, and Beyond
A group of mathematicians use machine learning techniques like bagging, boosting, Bayes' theorem, and more to accurately classify fruits for the king and receive a reward for their accuracy and efficiency.
Talk about it 1. What was the problem that the mathematicians had to solve for the king? 2. What were the two methods that the mathematicians used to classify the fruits? 3. What is Bayes' theorem and how did the mathematicians use it in their work? 4. Why was it important for the mathematicians to avoid bias in their models? 5. What is the difference between bagging and boosting? 6. What is batch processing and why did the mathematicians use it? 7. What is a centroid and how did the mathematicians find it in the story? 8. Why was the king happy with the mathematicians' work? 9. Can you think of any real-life examples where machine learning is used to classify things?
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Story Common Nouns in English: apex predators 3
The Jungle Race: A Tale of Friendship and Fun
A group of jungle animals, including a mandrill, marlin, monitor, ocelot, osprey, owl, petrel, and python, compete in a race to see who is the fastest, but in the end, they all realize the importance of friendship and celebrate their unique abilities together.
Talk about it 1. Who was the main character in the story? 2. What was the race about and who participated in it? 3. Who won the race in the end? 4. What did the mandrill think about the race and its outcome? 5. What did the animals learn from the race? 6. How did the animals feel about each other after the race? 7. Do you think it's important to have friends like the animals in the story? Why or why not?
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Story Common Nouns in English: algorithms 7
The Wizard of Recurrence: A Tale of Waste Reduction
A young prince learns about the power of recurrence and waste reduction with the help of a wise wizard named Recursion.
Talk about it 1. What was the problem in the prince's kingdom? 2. Who was Recursion and what was he known for? 3. How did Recursion help the prince reduce the waste in his kingdom? 4. What was the relationship between the repetition of the waste reduction process and the reduction of waste? 5. What did the prince learn about recurrence and waste reduction?
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Story Common Nouns in English: algorithms 7
Poset's Adventure: The Quest for the Mathematical Treasure
A young polytope named Poset embarks on a journey to find a hidden treasure guarded by a mathematical monster and uses his knowledge of predicates, prefixes, quadtrees, queues, radixes, and ranges to overcome challenges and solve the treasure's equation.
Talk about it 1. What did Poset learn about mathematics from the mysterious book? 2. How did Poset use his knowledge of predicates, prefixes, quadtrees, queues, radixes, and ranges to overcome the challenges on his journey? 3. What did the mathematical monster challenge Poset with, and how did Poset solve it? 4. What did Poset bring back home as a reward for his journey? 5. How did Poset use his newfound knowledge to help others and make the world a better place? 6. Can you think of any real-world examples of how predicates, prefixes, quadtrees, queues, radixes, and ranges are used in our daily lives?
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Story Common Nouns in English: algorithms 3
Lily's Digraph Adventure
Lily embarks on a journey to find as many digraphs as she can and becomes known as the digraph expert after traveling great distances and exploring every edge of the land.
Talk about it 1. What is a digraph according to the story? 2. What did Lily do with all the digraphs she found? 3. How did Lily's journey end? 4. What did Lily's family and friends think of her digraph adventure? 5. Why was Lily's dictionary so important to her?
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Story Common Nouns in English: algorithms 3
Config's Circle Adventure
A little robot named Config learns about the properties and relationship between a circle and a cycle through exploration and investigation.
Talk about it 1. What was Config's mission in the story? 2. What did Config learn about the circle? 3. What is a diameter and a depth of a circle? 4. What is a deque and how did Config use it in the story? 5. What is a cycle and how is it related to the circle? 6. What was the most important thing that Config learned in the story?
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Story Common Nouns in English: travel 3
Lily's Adventure in the Magical Kingdom
Lily, a young girl with a passion for travel, embarks on a journey to a magical kingdom where she experiences new sights, sounds, and adventures while making new friends and memories.
Talk about it 1. Who is Lily and what does she love to do? 2. Who is the pilot that greets Lily at the airport? 3. Who helps Lily with her luggage in the magical kingdom? 4. What kind of gift did the porter give to Lily before she left the kingdom? 5. What did Lily promise herself about her future adventures? 6. What did Lily learn about travel and the world during her trip to the magical kingdom?
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Story Common Nouns in English: travel 3
The Magic Bus Adventure
A young girl named Lily takes a leisurely walk to a magical land and gets a ride on a special bus with a friendly operator and other passengers, experiencing the power of kindness and generosity.
Talk about it 1. Who was Lily and what did she want to do? 2. Why did Lily's legs get tired during her walk? 3. What did the operator of the bus offer to do for Lily? 4. How did the bus cover a hundred miles in just a few minutes? 5. What did Lily see in the magical land? 6. Why did Lily return to the bus stop after exploring the magical land? 7. What did the operator tell Lily about the origin of the bus? 8. How did Lily feel after her journey on the magic bus? 9. What did Lily learn from her adventure on the magic bus? 10. What did the story teach us about kindness and generosity?
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