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The Huge Stone
A stone too big to move — and just right to live in.
33 words · ≈ 2 min · ages 5–9
- Age
- Ages 5–9
- Skill
- Reading · Phonics
- Time
- 2 min
- Format
- On screen
Words to warm up first
Tap any word to hear it; the speaker button reads one line, “Read me the story” reads the whole story line by line.
Questions about the story
Read the story first, then tap an answer. The speaker button reads the question aloud.
What is in the grass?
How big is the stone?
Who stops at the stone?
Who sat on the stone?
Who is at home in the stone?
0 of 5 right
Retell it
Tap the sentences in the order they happen in the story. Tap a placed one to take it back.
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Words to know
Each word opens its picture-dictionary page, with the picture, the sound and the spelling.
The worksheet: story, questions and answers
One to print for each child: the story, these same questions, the retell as a numbering task, a box to draw in and an upside-down answer key.
Open the worksheet →Print the story
Or print just the story, in big letters:
A huge stone is in the grass.
Tom and Ben stop at the stone.
A mule sat on the stone.
A bug is at home in the stone.
The stone is huge fun.
Words to warm up first: stone · huge · mule · home
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Related resources
Worksheet
The Huge Stone — worksheet
The story, questions with one right answer, four sentences to order and a box to draw in.