Name _________________________________________________

________ Anna loved the story about

anna and the dancing goose • Level h • 1

the old woman and the goose.
She danced around her
grandmother.

________ Anna’s grandmother told her

that there is an old story about
the goose. She told Anna the
story.

________ In the story, the egg hatched and a baby goose was born
to stay with the old woman. The woman was happy.

________ The story was about an old woman who found a hurt
goose. She took care of the goose, and the goose gave
her an egg.

________ Anna’s grandmother gave Anna

a music box for Easter. There
SKILL: sequence events
was a dancing goose in a blue
egg inside the music box.

Instructions:  Have students put the following events in the order in which they happened in the story. Use the
numbers 1–5 to indicate the order.
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Name _________________________________________________

anna and the dancing goose • Level h • 2

SKILL: consonant digraph sh

Instructions:  Say the names of the pictures with students. Have students place the sh blend on the line under
each picture that begins with the /sh / sound.
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Name _________________________________________________

1 Anna and her mother listened to the story about the old woman.
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anna and the dancing goose • Level h • 3

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2 We danced around and around the living room.

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3 The eggs stayed on the shelf and looked pretty.

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4 The goose and her baby lived with the old woman.
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5 They played their music box every night.

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6 Anna and her grandmother loved Easter.

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Instructions:  Read each sentence with students and have them underline the past-tense verb(s). Have students
use the past-tense verb in a sentence on the lines provided.
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