Passages to practice advanced phonics skills, fluency, and comprehension
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Compound Words
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| A Firefighter's Thanksgiving | F | compound words | author's purpose, making inferences, sequencing | click here | click here
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| An Astronaut's Life | N | compound words | compare and contrast, fact and opinion | click here | click here
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| Bugs | N | compound words | main idea, supporting details | click here | click here
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Contractions
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| The Williams Sisters | N | I’ll, she’s, didn’t, won’t, you’re, you’ll, we’re, I’m | main idea, identifying details, fact and opinion | click here | click here
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| A Surprise Singer | F | it’s, I’m, you’ll, he’s, didn’t | author's purpose, making inferences | click here | click here
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| Fish | N | it’s, we’ll, won’t, can’t, don’t, you’ll | author's purpose, identifying details | click here | click here
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| Out of State | F | we’ve, they’ve, she’ll, I’ve, we’re, we’ll, don’t | main idea, compare and contrast | click here | click here
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Double-letter Words
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| Making Glass | N | add, tell, sniff, glass | main idea, identifying details, fact and opinion | click here | click here
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| Egg Fizz | N | fill, miss, egg, fizz, pull | author's purpose, making inferences | click here | click here
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| The Need to Eat | F | ill, tall, odd, grass, stuff | author's purpose, identifying details | click here | click here
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| The Doll and the Bee | F | miss, puff, doll, Ann, hill, kiss, buzz, wall, chill | main idea, compare and contrast | click here | click here
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Prefixes and Suffixes
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| The Bicycle Club | F | prefix bi- | story elements, making inferences | click here | click here
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| Greta's Mistake | F | prefix mis- | story elements, making inferences | click here | click here
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| The Candle Store | F | prefix -over | visualization, story elements | click here | click here
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| For the Love of Reading | N | prefix pre- | main idea, author's purpose | click here | click here
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| The Cycle of Recycling | N | prefix re- | author's purpose, main idea | click here | click here
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| The Sun | N | prefixes en-, em- | main idea, fact and opinion, cause and effect | click here | click here
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| Jill Plays Softball | F | prefixes in-, im-, il-, and ir-. | author's purpose, identifying details | click here | click here
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| A Gift | F | prefixes -un, -dis | story elements, sequencing | click here | click here
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| Edison's Light Bulb | N | suffix -ed | author's purpose, identifying details | click here | click here
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| The Birthday Party | F | suffix -ing | story elements, making inferences, identifying details | click here | click here
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| The Goal | F | suffix -ly | story elements, sequencing | click here | click here
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| Rainbows | N | suffix -y | visualization, main idea | click here | click here
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| Fairy Flies | N | suffixes -er, -est | main idea, identifying details | click here | click here
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| The Farmer and the Painter | F | suffixes -er, -or | identifying details | click here | click here
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| School | N | suffixes –ion, -tion, and -ness | main idea, identifying details | click here | click here
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| Cats | N | suffixes -s, -es | main idea, identifying details, fact and opinion | click here | click here
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Silent-letter Words
| Passage Name | Fiction/Non-fiction | Skill Practiced | Teaching Applications | B & W pdf | Color pdf
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| Rita's Pin | F | knee, sock, bomb | problem/solution | click here | click here
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| Walking Stick | N | knob, stick, knock, thumb | main idea, supporting details | click here | click here
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| Sock Puppets | N | lamb, sock, neck, knot, wrap | visualization, author's purpose | click here | click here
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| The Ticket | F | wrap, back, ticket, wreck | story elements, sequencing | click here | click here
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Word Family
| Passage Name | Fiction/Non-fiction | Skill Practiced | Teaching Applications | B & W pdf | Color pdf
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| Quack Attack | F | word family -ack | rhyming, identifying details, visualization, | click here | click here
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| Hail | N | word family -ail | main idea, making inferences | click here | click here
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| The Not-So-Plain Brain | N | word family -ain | main idea, compare and contrast | click here | click here
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| Jake and the Snake | F | word family -ake | supporting details, sequencing | click here | click here
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| A Whale of a Tale | N | word family -ale | fact and opinion, identifying details | click here | click here
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| Hank's Pranks | F | word family -ank | story elements, character and problem/solution | click here | click here
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| Car Crash | F | word family -ash | visualization, drawing conclusions/making inferences | click here | click here
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| What Kate Hates | F | word family -ate | sequence, supporting details, main idea | click here | click here
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| Tigers: Claws and Jaws | N | word family -aw | identifying details, author's purpose | click here | click here
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| Transportation | N | word family -ay | main idea, cause and effect, identifying author's purpose | click here | click here
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| Weeds | N | word family -eed | main idea, cause and effect, identifying author's purpose | click here | click here
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| The Town Well | F | word family -ell | visualization, supporting details, main idea | click here | click here
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| The Nest Test | N | word family -est | author's purpose, cause and effect | click here | click here
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| Lori's Garden | F | word family -ew | prediction, cause and effect, characterization | click here | click here
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| Nick's Tricks | F | word family -ick | sequencing, identifying details | click here | click here
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| Sally Ride | N | word family -ide | author's purpose, fact and opinion | click here | click here
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| Plants | N | word family -ight | main idea, cause and effect | click here | click here
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| Grilling Diner | F | word family -ill | story elements (character and setting) | click here | click here
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| Vines | N | word family -ine | compare and contrast, identifying details | click here | click here
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| The Picnic | F | word family -ing | compare and contrast, sequencing, story elements | click here | click here
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| Pigs | N | word family -ink | identifying details, fact and opinion | click here | click here
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| Getting Ready For the Day | F | word family -ock | sequencing, main idea, supporting details | click here | click here
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| Fire Safety | N | word family -oke | author's purpose, cause and effect | click here | click here
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| The Brook | F | word family -ook | author's purpose, making inferences | click here | click here
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| Flora's Day | F | word family -ore | main idea, story elements, sequencing | click here | click here
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| A Clucking Duck? | F | word family -uck | making inferences, story elements | click here | click here
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| Horses | N | word family -ump | author's purpose, main idea, identifying details | click here | click here
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| Skunks | N | word family -unk | author's purpose, cause and effect, identifying details | click here | click here
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| The Same Name Game | F | word-family -ame | story elements (character) | click here | click here
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