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The Fox and the Crow Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
fox
hungry
crow
cheese
want
grinned
pretty
beautiful
feathers
sing
asked
nodded
opened
beak
down
fell
snapped
mine
laughed
believe
nice
things sometimes something
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Fox was always ______________. One day, he saw Crow…with some ______________. Fox: I want that cheese! He ______________ at Crow. “You’re pretty!” Crow: I am! “What beautiful ______________!” Crow: They are! “Can you sing too?” he asked. Crow ______________. She opened her ______________…Down fell the cheese. Fox _________________. “That was mine!” cried Crow. Fox laughed. “Don’t always believe __________________________________________,” he said. “Sometimes ______________________________________________.” Section 3: Reading Comprehension
1) What did the Crow have? _____________________________________________________________ 2) What did the Fox ask the Crow to do? _____________________________________________________________ 3) What happened to the cheese? _____________________________________________________________ 4) What is the moral of this story? _____________________________________________________________
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The Three Wishes Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
Ned
Nat
fairy
sausage
hungry
always
worked
fields
helped
three
wishes
home
shouted
wish
silly
cross
end
nose
wailed something
off
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This story is about Ned and Nat, a ______________ and a ______________. Ned and Nat were hungry. _____________________ ___________. Ned worked in the ______________. Fairy: Help! One day, he helped a fairy. “Thank you, Have three ______________,” said the fairy. Ned ____________________________. “Nat! We have three wishes!” he shouted. “Ooh!” said Nat. “I wish for…” “A sausage!” said Ned. “A sausage?” said Nat. “What a _____________________.” Nat: _________________! Ned: But I’m hungry! ____________________________. “I wish the sausage was __________________________________________!” And it was. Nat: Aaggh! NED… Nat was very, very, very cross. “Oops!” said Ned. “Ned!” ______________ Nat. “___________________!” “I wish the sausage was ______________,” said Ned. And it was. “Now we have no wishes,” said Nat. “But we do have a sausage!” said Ned. Section 3: Reading Comprehension Read The Three Wishes and answer the following questions.
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2) What was Ned’s first wish? _____________________________________________________________
3) How was Nat feeling after Ned made his first wish? _____________________________________________________________
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The Ant and the Grasshopper Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
grasshopper sings
sun
works
play
need
food
winter
summer
hungry
laughs
carries
corn
happy
cold
come
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Grasshopper _______________________________. Ant works. “_________________________,” says Grasshopper. “I can’t,” says Ant. Ant: _______________________________. Grasshopper: But it’s ______________! “Winter will come,” says Ant. “And you will be hungry.” Grasshopper ________________________. Ant _________________________. Winter comes. Ant is happy. Grasshopper is cold…and very hungry. “_________________,” says Ant. “Thank you,” says Grasshopper. “Next summer I’ll work too,” Section 3: Reading Comprehension Read The Three Wishes and answer the following questions.
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Anansi and the Bag of Wisdom Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
Anansi
king
spiders
god
present
bag
wisdom
world
share hide
thought
tallest
jungle
started
climb
way
tried
son
help
worked
back
know
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down
bush
burst
open
flew
everyone
some
everything
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Anansi was _____________________________. One day, a god gave him a ______________. “This bag _____________________________ in the world. Anansi, ________________________.” Anansi ______________. He didn’t want to share it. Anansi: I could be the ______________ in the world! “____________________________,” he thought. He ____________________________ in the jungle…and _____________________. But the bag __________________________. Anansi: Oof! Oops! Oh no! His son ___________________________. Son: _____________________________________. Hurray! ____________________. “But I have the bag of wisdom,” Anansi said. “I should know it goes on my back.” He _______________________________ into a bush. It ______________________. Wisdom ____________________ the world. ______________________________. Now everyone knows something…but no one knows everything. Section 3: Reading Comprehension
1)
Who was Anansi? ___________________________________________________________
2)
What did Anansi do with the bag the god gave him? ___________________________________________________________
3)
Who tried to help Anansi hide the bag of wisdom?
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The Lion and the Mouse Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
lion
mouse
asleep
tickled
nose
woke
dare
roared
raised
paw
kill
begged
save
laughed
small
anyone
walked
into
trap
heard
worry
wrong
nibbled
ropes
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Lion _____________________________. Something _______________ ________________. Lion: Aaaaaa-choooooooooooo!!! ____________________________. A mouse! “How dare you wake me!” _______________________. He raised his ______________… “Please don’t kill me,” begged the mouse. “Maybe ________________________, one day.” Lion laughed. Lion: You’re too small to save anyone! The next day, Lion _______________________________. Lion: He-e-e-lp!!! The mouse heard him. Mouse: Don’t worry. I can help you. She _______________ through the ropes…and _____________________. “I’m sorry, little mouse,” said Lion. “_________________. Even little friends can be good friends.” Section 3: Reading Comprehension
1) What happened to Lion? _____________________________________________________________ 2) What did the mouse say to save himself from Lion? _____________________________________________________________ 3) How did the Mouse save Lion? _____________________________________________________________
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The Fox and the Stork Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
fox
stork
friends
loved
playing
tricks
idea
asked
dinner
hungry
wide
bowls
poured
poor
tricked
jars
soup
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Fox and Stork were friends, but ____________________________. One day, _______________________. He asked Stork to dinner. Stork was very hungry. Fox ______________________ into _________________. Poor Stork! She couldn’t eat a thing. Don’t you like it?” said Fox. Fox: I’ll eat it then! The next day, _____________________________________. Stork poured soup _________________________. Poor Fox! He couldn’t eat a thing. Fox was angry. “_________________________!” But Stork said, “You tricked me first.” “_____________________________________,” said Stork, “and they will be kind to you.” Section 3: Reading Comprehension
1)
What did Fox love to do? _____________________________________________________________
2)
What did Stork pour soup into? _____________________________________________________________
3)
What is the moral of the story? _____________________________________________________________
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King Midas and the Gold Section 1: Listening
Midas
gold
rich
golden
helped
house
lost
king
god
wish
touch
turn
dad
stick
dinner
stop
palace
that
secret
hills
river
walked
yourself
wash
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King Midas was very rich. ________________________, too. One day, _____________________________. Old man: ____________________! Midas helped the man to find his house. Son: Dad! “____________________________,” said the old man. “He can give you a wish.” “_______________________,” said King Midas. “I wish I could _____________________ and ___________________________.” King Midas touched his _________________…and it turned to gold. He touched his _________________…and it turned to gold. He touched his __________________…and that turned to gold, too. King Midas: OW! “____________________________?” said King Midas. “There is a __________________ in the ____________________,” said the god. “Find it and wash yourself in it.” Midas _________________________________. At last, __________________ ___________. And the ________________________________ his golden touch. Section 3: Reading Comprehension Read King Midas and the Gold and answer the following questions.
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2) What did King Midas love? _____________________________________________________________
3) What did King Midas wish for? _____________________________________________________________
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The Sun and the Wind Section 1: Listening
look
sun
listen
wind
strong
said
stronger
show
see
off
coat
right
take
warm
cold
hiding
warmer
colder
coming
turn
huff
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“____________________,” said the sun. “__________________,” said the wind. “____________________,” said the sun. “_______________,” said the wind. “______________________!” said the sun. “_________ ____________? Can you take his coat off?” “All right,” said the wind. Sun: _________________… He’s _________________… “___________________! My turn,” said the sun. Sun: Look. __________________________. ____________________… He’s ________________… “I win,” said the sun. “Huff!” said the wind. Section 3: Reading Comprehension Read The Sun and the Wind and answer the following questions.
1) What did the sun say on Page 2? _____________________________________________________________
2) What did the wind say on Page 4? _____________________________________________________________
3) What did the sun ask the wind to do?
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