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mean
donkey
supper
crept
robbers
stood
rooster
crowed
crowing
leaped
burning
burst
violin
forest
cottage
yard
coals
shining
screeched
witch
horrible
scratched musicians
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1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J.
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
The four friends were running away from Bremen. The dog thought of playing the violin in Bremen. The robber thought the cat’s eyes were burning coals. The four friends became musicians in Bremen in the end. The robbers stayed to fight the four friends. The four friends ate until they were full. The robbers wished they hadn’t run away. The robber chief offered to go back to the house. The smallest robber recognized the four friends. In the end, the robbers ran away and never came back.
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The Golden Goose Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
wailed
Ronald
bite
popped
chop
goose
oldest
princess
itched
snapped
Donald
innkeeper
suit
vanished scratched howled Billy
trunk
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1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
A. B. C. D.
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
Billy was strong and handsome. Billy volunteered to go to the forest to chop wood first. Billy picked up the golden goose and set it free. The innkeeper’s eldest daughter wanted a golden feather.
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The LEOPARD AND THE SKY GOD Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
leopard
python
tortoise
growled
roared
slithered
wonderful
leaned
drum
difficult
shell
enormous
hunting
whole
matter
crawled
spotted
clapped
stormy
weather
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1) Who lived in the forest? _____________________________________________________________ 2) Who lived high up above? _____________________________________________________________ 3) Who heard a wonderful sound? _____________________________________________________________ 4) Who was playing a great big drum? _____________________________________________________________ B) Read The Leopard and the Sky God and answer the following questions.
C) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
A. The leopard had a small drum. B. The leopard did not want to share his drum. C. The leopard showed his long teeth and sharp claws to the tortoise D. Nobody thought the tortoise could help Sky God.
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The MAGIC PORRIDGE POT Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
porridge
greedy
honey
crept
stole
steaming
deserves
matter
filled
dripped
poured
drown
sniffed
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1) What did Hannah always do when she had food? ____________________________________________________________ 2) What did Hannah do with the honey she found? ____________________________________________________________ 3) What were the magic words to fill the pot? ____________________________________________________________ 4) Who stole Hannah’s pot? ____________________________________________________________ 5) How did Hannah save the boy? ____________________________________________________________
A. B. C. D.
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Hannah found some honey in the pot. The pot was given to Hannah by her mother. The greedy boy saw the pot stop filling with porridge. Porridge filled the greedy boy’s room.
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The boy who cried wolf Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
wolf
villagers
grassy
moaned
puffing
panting
meadow mountains
quietly
furious
terrified
mutton
bored
lonely
begged
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Section 2: Reading Comprehension A) Read The Boy who cried Wolf and answer the following questions.
1) Where did Sam take the sheep from the village every day? ____________________________________________________________ 2) How did Sam feel about watching the sheep? ____________________________________________________________ 3) What did Sam do when he felt bored? ____________________________________________________________ 4) Why didn’t the villagers believe Sam the third time? ____________________________________________________________ 5) What is the moral of the story? ____________________________________________________________ B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
Sam lived in a little city. Sam felt lonely watching the sheep every day. The villagers thought Sam’s lies were funny. All the sheep ran away because of the wolf.
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The fish that talked Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
wading
stream
sparkled
begged
groaned
weigh
silvery
cupped
crumbs
amazingly seashore
bread
enormous
fishy
flood
build
floated
howled
shelter
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Section 2: Reading Comprehension A) Read The Fish that Talked and answer the following questions.
1) Why did the tiny fish swim into Manu’s hand? ____________________________________________________________ 2) Where did the fish ask to be taken when it was too big for the river? ____________________________________________________________ 3) How heavy was the enormous fish? ____________________________________________________________ 4) How did the fish help Manu? ____________________________________________________________ 5) Why did Brahma save Manu? ____________________________________________________________ B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
The fish outgrew the jar. The fish outgrew the well. The fish outgrew the river. The fish outgrew the sea.
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The enormous turnip Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
grabbed
barked
raced
brushed
turnip
panting
tugged
dirt
pecked
popped
farmer
hugged
skirt
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1) Why did the farmer go to his field? _____________________________________________________________ 2) Which turnip did the farmer pick? ____________________________________________________________ 3) Who helped the famer pull out the giant turnip? _____________________________________________________________ 4) How big did the farmer’s wife say the turnip was? _____________________________________________________________ 5) How often did the farmer and his family have turnip soup? _____________________________________________________________ B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
Jack helped the farmer by holding his skirt. The dog ripped Jack’s shirt. Jack helped his mother chop up the turnip. The farmer said he would grow carrots the next year. They ate carrots for breakfast. The farmer doesn’t like turnips any more.
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Danny the dragon Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
robbers salesman
dragon
amazed wonderful
wagon
scary
friendly
candles
moment
gang
noticed
stranger incredible unbelievable beards
toasted
charged thankful
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1) Where did Danny the dragon live? _____________________________________________________________ 2) What do magic fire sticks do? _____________________________________________________________ 3) Who saved the villagers from the robbers? _____________________________________________________________ 4) Who sold the magic fire sticks to the villagers? _____________________________________________________________ 5) Why was Danny sad in page 30? _____________________________________________________________ B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
Some dragons are scary but Danny was friendly. Danny liked everyone in the village. Danny was happy to help everybody in the village. The villagers had never seen magic fire sticks before.
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Chicken licken Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
turkey
farmyard
pond
bridge
nest
pecking
barn
oak
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the dinosaur who lost his roar Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
dinosaur
roar
middle
crept
squashy
grinned
crashing splashing
stomped
tiptoed
spoonful
scaring
loudest
berries
odd
mighty footprints
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What did Sid like to do? ________________________________________________________ How did Sid scare other dinosaurs? ________________________________________________________ What did Rex want to do to Spike, Ross and Ollie? ________________________________________________________ What did Sid do to recover from his sore throat? ________________________________________________________ What did Spike like to eat? ________________________________________________________
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Sid liked to climb tall trees. Sid did not like living in the forest. Sid did not like being laughed at. Sid wanted to be friends with Rex.
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golden goldsmith
strange
amazed
roof
cottage
shed
goat
spent
built
servants
vegetables
geese
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Section 2: Reading Comprehension A) Read The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs and answer the following questions.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
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noisy
feathers
pecked
waste
barn
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shoots
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1) Who were the little Red hen’s best friends? _____________________________________________________________ 2) What was the little red hen looking for in the field? _____________________________________________________________ 3) How did the little red hen plant the grains of wheat? _____________________________________________________________ 4) When did the shoots turn from green to gold? _____________________________________________________________ 5) Who helped the little red hen eat the bread? _____________________________________________________________ B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
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A. The little red hen was excited when she found the grains of wheat. B. Nobody helped the little red hen do anything. C. The grains of wheat turned into bars of gold. D. Brown rat lived in the farmhouse.
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The three little pigs Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
packed
waved
trotted
blew
chimney
slid
straw
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1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
A. B. C. D.
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
The three little pigs used to live in a mansion. Percy Pig bought sticks. Poppy Pig built a castle with her bricks. Big Bad Wolf climbed in to the brick house through a hole in the roof.
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Who did the three little pigs live with when they were younger? ____________________________________________________________ What did Pinky Pig make? ____________________________________________________________ What did the Big Bad Wolf first do when the little pigs did not let him in? ____________________________________________________________ What did the Big Bad Wolf do when he couldn’t blow the third house in? ____________________________________________________________ How was the end of the Big Bad Wolf? ____________________________________________________________
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blew
chimney
slid
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1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
A. The fly wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside the old woman. B. The old woman swallowed the horse to catch the goat. C. The old woman died in the end. D. The old woman died after swallowing a fly.
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The mouse’s wedding Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
mice
goodness
crumbs
nibbling mousehole
married
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1) Who did Father Mouse want to find for his daughter? _____________________________________________________________ 2) Why did Father Mouse think the sun was more powerful than anyone else in the world? _____________________________________________________________ 3) What can the wind do to the cloud? _____________________________________________________________ 4) Who is more powerful than the wall? _____________________________________________________________ 5) Why was Mr Mouse more powerful than anyone else? _____________________________________________________________ B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
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A. Mother Mouse’s daughter married Mr Mouse. B. The mice were married next to the wall. C. The sun, the cloud and the wind all came to the wedding together. D. The mouse family climbed a high mountain to meet the sun.
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The gingerbread man Section 1: Reading (Wordbank) Use these words to give your student extra reading practice.
quarter
gone
buttons snap
oven
farmer creeping
gulp
climbed
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gingerbread dough
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1) 2)
3) 4) 5)
A. B. C. D.
Answer TRUE or FALSE.
The fox tricked the gingerbread man. The little old woman wanted a girl out of gingerbread. The little old woman gave the gingerbread man a nose. The horse and the cow wanted to eat the gingerbread.
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Bugs Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
creeping crawling
beetles
wriggly
feelers
cutter
buzzing
flutter
enormous
tasty
suck
gobbles
blade
leap
dozens
spins
silky
buzzes
juicy
spikes
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1) How many legs do bugs have? _____________________________________________________________ 2) What do bugs use to find their way around? _____________________________________________________________ 3) What do bugs use to smell? _____________________________________________________________ 4) How do bees make their own food? _____________________________________________________________ 5) How do fireflies find a partner? _____________________________________________________________ B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
There are millions of different kinds of bugs. A blade of grass looks like a huge tree to a tiny bug. Spiders have six legs. Some bugs use tricks to escape other animals that want to eat them.
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The peach boy Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
pheasant
peach
floating
jewels
nearby
dumpling
fished
enormous
lovely
growled
feathers
steep
champion
ogres
sword
feast
castle
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1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
When would the old woman go to the river? ____________________________________________________________ What did the ogres take in the nearby village? ____________________________________________________________ Who were the new friends Peach Boy made? ____________________________________________________________ How did Peach Boy make the Ogre King say sorry? ____________________________________________________________ What did Peach Boy do to reach Ogre Island? ____________________________________________________________
B) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
Ogre Island is located in the North. Dog and Monkey rode the boat to Ogre Island. Monkey asked for two dumplings. Peach Boy’s mother gave him six dumplings.
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The castle that jack built Section 1: Reading (Wordbank)
troll
witch
castle
itch
tipped
frown
dragon
stole
wagon
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1) How did the troll with the scritchy itch upset the witch who sat in the wagon? _____________________________________________________________ 2) What turned the frog into the prince? _____________________________________________________________ 3) Where was the gold originally? _____________________________________________________________ 4) Who was following the dragon? _____________________________________________________________ 5) Where did they all live happily ever after? _____________________________________________________________ 6) Answer TRUE or FALSE.
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A. Jack is a king. B. Jack’s son is the frog with a grumpy frown who became the prince. C. The gold sat outside the castle. D. The prince hopped out of the wagon that followed the dragon.
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incredible
millions creatures
looped
swooped splashed
terrible
lizard
spiny
crests
strange
bony
munch
attackers
spikes
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herbivores carnivores crunch
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