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Worksheet
Curated OER

Listening to a Story and Answering Questions School/Home Links/Book Links

For Students 2nd - 4th
Youngsters start by picking out a book to read with a home learning partner. They write the title and author on the worksheet before reading the book. After reading, they write the setting and main character on the blank lines. They tell...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Games: Create Your Own Storybook Adventure

For Students K - 1st
Create your own storybooks by first choosing a character: Pretty Princess, Word Girl, or Becky Botsford. Next, choose a book from the shelf, and then, as you listen and follow along with the story, select things to be included in the...
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eBook
PBS

Pbs Kids: Daniel Stories: "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: "Neighborhood Clean Up"

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read along with Daniel and he and his friends clean up the playground and learn about recycling.
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Activity
British Council

British Council Learn English Central: Listening and Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
A selection of 20 or so mp3 listening files, with audioscripts, that you can download and play on your computer or portable player. Each comes with a follow-up activity -- these can vary, e.g., an offline writing assignment, online...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Big Hit (Short I Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
English language learners and beginning readers can practice listening to and pronouncing the short I sound in this read-aloud story about a baseball-playing tin man. Great graphics, unlimited repetition, and learner controlled.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Peg the Hen (Short E Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
English language learners and beginning readers can listen as they read this wonderfully animated story about Peg the Hen. Excellent drill for learning to pronounce the short E sound with excellent reinforcement of basic vocabulary...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Pete's Sheep (Long E Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn the long E sound in English while enjoying an animated story about sheep. You can listen to the story over and over again and watch the story come alive with animation.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Robot and Mr. Mole (Long O Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn English words with the long O sound by listening to this read-aloud story about a robot. English language learners and beginning readers can practice listening to and pronouncing words with long o's. Great graphics, unlimited...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Sky Ride (Long I Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn to say and read English words with long I vowels. This animated storybook about friends Mike and Spike who like to ride bikes provides plenty of listening and pronouncing practice. Great graphics, unlimited repetition, and learner...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Jake's Tale (Long a Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A fun read-along story for practicing and listening to the long a sound. Great graphics and animation.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Gus the Duck

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learn the short U vowel sound with this cleverly illustrated and animated read-along story about a duck named Gus. Students can click on the word and it will show them how to blend phonemes to pronounce the word.
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Activity
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: No Dogs!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
After you listen to and read the story, print out the activities to practice reading comprehension skills. Work on character identification, details, and sequence of events.
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Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Princess and the Dragon

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listen to and read along with this story about a princess and a dragon. You can choose the ending to the story. Then print off activities to go along with the story.
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Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Lazy Bear

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read along as you listen to an animated story about a bear who sleeps too long; then print words and some activities to do with the story.
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Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Greedy Hippo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read and listen to the story about the greedy hippo; then print some activities and play an online game having to do with the story.
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Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: Voyage of the Animal Orchestra

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this story of the shipwrecked animals in the orchestra to focus on plot, characters, and sequence of a story. Included are assessment activities and flash cards.
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Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Cold Planet

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listening to a cute story about an imaginary planet helps with English comprehension and the additional activities encourage reading and writing skills.
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Activity
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Haunted House

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read along and listen to an animated story about two children who go into a haunted house looking for their dog. They find many animals there, but where is their dog?
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eBook
Other

One More Story: William Steig: Pete's a Pizza

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Listen and read along as Pete and his father have fun on a rainy day pretending to make Pete into a pizza in this children's picture book.
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eBook
FableVision

Fable Vision: Peter Reynolds: The North Star

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A story about the importance of following your own path through life, not the path others have taken. Told with great simplicity and beautifully illustrated, The North Star celebrates independence, spirited inquiry, and a life full of...
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Interactive
British Council

Learn English Kids: My Favorite Day: Christmas

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Listen to a story about Christmas traditions in United Kingdom. Included are Christmas activities, a quiz about Christmas traditions, and descriptions of many children's favorite days.
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eBook
PBS

Pbs Kids: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Stories: "Big Brother Daniel"

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read along with Daniel in his story about his new baby sister, Margaret.
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Website
Other

Free English: Help for Korean Learners of English

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Free English learning site that helps Korean speakers learn English through songs, books, and news. Contents and resources span all learning levels, from kindergarten to college. The audio-rich resources compiled at this site make it...
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Audio Assisted Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A resource for teachers to understand how to effectively use audio books in their reading programs. Includes links to teaching materials.