This is a collection of short stories (and jokes) for kids.
Most of them are packed with exercises (both grammar and vocabulary), so you might find them useful for your classroom.
All New Easy True Stories - A Picture-Based Beginning Reader
All New Easy True Stories, by Sandra Heyer, continues the True Stories tradition with a companion book to Easy True Stories. Written at the same level, the text features all new stories and exercises.
A man chokes on his favorite food, but his daughter saves him in a very unusual way. What is it?
A lonely sailor puts a message in a bottle. A fisherman finds it and gives it to his daughter. What does she do with it?
On a very hot day, a boy finds two puppies locked in a car. How does he keep them alive?
The
real believe-it-or-not tales are adapted from newspapers and magazines
and are sure to captivate students of English. The stories are told as
simply as possible and are written almost exclusively in the present
tense. Nine pre-reading drawings introduce each unit visually and ease
students into reading.
The BBC News Select mobile application gives you quick and easy access to the top stories from the BBC News website.
The application grabs the headlines and stories for you, either on-demand or automatically (depending on the capabilities of your device), meaning you are never out of touch with major news stories.
The application can be personalised and you have control over updates and the ability to choose the sections of the site that interest you most.
This popular three-level reading series features a variety of themes and issues, and high-interest dialogs and stories about ordinary people from around the world. Students can identify with the hopes, dreams, and fears of these real people, and will enjoy reading and discussing these stories and dialogs as they relate their own experiences to the class.
Each book features:
* Relevant high-interest story topics that relate to students' lives.
* Pre-reading and follow-up questions to check student comprehension and generate classroom conversation.
* Word banks that precede each dialog and story to build basic vocabulary.
* Reading skills and vocabulary activities.
