Kindergarten Short Story Curriculum Resources
Explore short stories with our Short Story curriculum resources designed for young learners. Covering short story structure, connecting details to theme, and encouraging discussions, these resources provide a comprehensive approach to understanding and appreciating short stories in an engaging and accessible format.
Curriculum Resources Results
Julia's Day—Short Story
This short story is a great way for early readers to practice their comprehension skills. Students will read the passage...
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My Day At School—Short Story
This short story is a great way for early readers to practice their comprehension skills. Students will read the passage...
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Retelling Stories - Graphic Organizer
This drawing template is a great way to see if your readers can retell the story. Students will draw the beginning, midd...
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Mo the Cat—Short Story
This short story is a great way for emergent readers to practice their reading skills. Students will read the short stor...
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My Story Summary
Students will use this writing template to record the summary of a story they read!
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Character Comparison
This graphic organizer is perfect for comparing characters in stories! Students will read two stories then compare the c...
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The Bakery—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will read the passage then ...
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Soccer Time—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will read the passage then ...
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The Magical Forest—Short Story
This short story is a great way for emergent readers to practice their reading skills. Students will read the short stor...
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Setting and Main Character
This template is a great way to practice story elements with your readers. Students will read the story then draw the se...
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Adventures of Goldilocks in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
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Jessica's Day—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will read the passage then ...
RL.K.4
Grocery Shopping—Short Story
This short story is a great way for emergent readers to practice their reading skills. Students will read the short stor...
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Comparing Characters
This simple worksheet demonstrates comparing and contrasting characters between two classic fairy tales. Students draw l...
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Adventures of Characters in ‘The Three Little Pigs
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Julia's Day—Short Story
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Setting and Main Character
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Grocery Shopping—Short Story
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Compare and Contrast Two Stories
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The Bakery—Short Story
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My Story Summary
Students will use this writing template to record the summary of a story they read!
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The Magical Forest—Short Story
This short story is a great way for emergent readers to practice their reading skills. Students will read the short stor...
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Mo the Cat—Short Story
This short story is a great way for emergent readers to practice their reading skills. Students will read the short stor...
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Retelling Stories - Graphic Organizer
This drawing template is a great way to see if your readers can retell the story. Students will draw the beginning, midd...
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Story Notes
This graphic organizer on story elements will help students to stay organize and take notes while they read. The organiz...
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My Day At School—Short Story
This short story is a great way for early readers to practice their comprehension skills. Students will read the passage...
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Jessica's Day—Short Story
This short story is a great way to identify and define unknown words using context. Students will read the passage then ...
RL.K.4
Short Story on The Art Contest
This comprehension passage about a boy who enters an art contest is a great way to practice writing conclusions and read...
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Dara the Dolphin
This short story is perfect for identifying figurative language. Students will read the text then highlight any figurati...
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Count of All the Crows in the Kingdom—Short Story
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Carl and the Lost Girl—Moral of the Story
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Fable on The King’s Quest—Author's Purpose
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students that it is never a smart idea to judge a book by its cover. ...
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The Honey Jar—Evidence from text
This fable with comprehension questions will teach students about being truthful. Students will identify character trait...
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Short Story—Mamba
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This short fable is a great way to teach central lessons or morals. Students will read the passage about the witch who g...
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Short Story — Timmy and the Bird
This short story about a boy and an injured bird is a great resource for teaching character traits and theme. Students ...
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Short Story — Remy the Rainbow Rabbit
The story "Remy the Rainbow Rabbit", includes 4th grade level vocabulary words and definitions to enhance reading compre...
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Soccer Time—Short Story
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Short Story—Shelly's Day at Grandma and Grandpa's House
This short story about a day at grandma and grandpa's house is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Students wi...
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Short Story—Monty the Moose
This short story about Monty the Moose is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Students will read the short pas...
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Adventures of Goldilocks in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
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Adventures of Characters in ‘The Three Little Pigs
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Character Comparison
This graphic organizer is perfect for comparing characters in stories! Students will read two stories then compare the c...
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Comparing Characters
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Character Traits—Camping with Elle and Sunny
This short fiction passage about two friends going camping is perfect for teaching central message or moral. Students wi...
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Late to School—Story Retellingl
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Short Story — The Monkey and the Crocodile
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Short Story — The Mice and the Well
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Connecting Details to Theme
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl
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The Lost Key—Short Story
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