Funny Short Stories for 4th Graders
Do you need Funny Reading Comprehension?
OUTRAGEOUS READING is 20 hilarious passages at two reading levels. This pack is the BEST, Funny Reading Comprehension option on the market! Mister Lewis is crazy and so are his stories.
With over 200 pages, they include anEDITABLE PPToption you can upload into Google Slides and customize for Google Classroom. Updated 9/21/20 to include both B/W and color printing options, making predictions, reading comprehension with four written answer questions, 3x repeated reading with coloring, draw your favorite scene, vocabulary, and teacher copies. The update also has teacher and student tracking sheets.
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Best of all? They come written intwo levels of passage difficulty for differentiation. Just customize, print, then watch the smiles on students' faces as they dive into these Outrageous tales. Try Pizza Safari first! It's Mister Lewis' favorite.
UPDATED 9/21/20 to include well over 200 pages and color!!!
Teachers – I gave this product an extreme makeover because of how popular it has become!
This monster update will give you over205 original pages, though it includes well over 300 if you account for similar activities and level one/two differences. It comes with both B/W and color printing options, making predictions, reading comprehension, 3x repeated reading with coloring, draw your favorite scene, vocabulary, and teacher copies. There are tracking sheets for teachers and students.
The clipart has been updated for Funny Reading Comprehension as well.
STUDENTS LOVE THEM!
And yes, every single page of this Funny Reading Comprehension pack is editable . I am CRAZY enough to let teachers edit my stories to help them out during distance learning. The rule is that you CANNOT make money from my work NOR list the newly made activities as a download free or paid. Please respect my work and create only things for your students.
"These are hilarious! A nice break from the same old reading passages students usually get. They laugh their way through them and I've noticed a big improvement in comprehension. Love it!" – Kami N.
"I love this so much!! These stories are hilarious and so engaging. I love the way they refer to each other too. The kids love reading them, and I can make plenty of writing assignments with them." – Gwyn S.
"I used these at the end of the school year last year and the kids loved them. I was asked by multiple students if I had more of the passages." – Judith W.
"My students enjoyed reading these! Much better than the dull and humorless twaddle they used to get for comprehension activities." – The Thought Shop
"These are fantastic! Kids get so into them they forget they are practicing their reading comprehension." – Colleen F.
WARNING: The teacher next door may complain of the LAUGHTER…
Try Mister Lewis' funny short stories for kids!
Funny Reading Comprehension Passages for kids who need laughs!
• They will make studentsSMILE andLAUGH.
• TheyASK core-based questions that review comprehension skills.
• They aim toTEACH lessons through self-reflection.
• They wish to make students want toRE-READ the story because theyloved it.
You can use Funny Reading Comprehension for…
• Daily 5
• Literacy time when you need some spice
• Small groups
• Morning work
• RTI
• Reading tutoring
• ESL and SPED learners of older grades –(some teachers claim up to high school)
• Homework
• Substitutes
• Friday fun
• Rewards
• Early finishers
Each of my Funny Reading Comprehension passages includes:
• Two levels of difficulty for differentiation and leveling up
• Title page for easy organization
• B/W and color printing options
• Comprehension student copy with four written comprehension questions
• Comprehension teacher answer key for easy grading
• Let's make predictions – one question before story and two reflecting questions
• 3x repeated reading with coloring
• Fluency teacher answer key with space for notes and repeated reading work
• Draw your favorite scene
• Open vocabulary with spaces for four definitions
• Separate tracking sheets for teachers and students
These Funny Reading Comprehension passages can be read in any order:
• M N • O P ———- The Marshmallow Jungle
• M N • O P ———- The Day My TV Ran Away
• M N • O P ———- Dolphins in the Basement
• M N • R S ———- The Day I Became a Stegosaurus
• M N • R S ———- Tiger the Taco
• M N • R S ———- Legend of the Toe-Toes
• M N • R S ———- The Iceberg Incident
• M N • R S ———- The Twisted Root Canal
• M N • S T ———- The Cheese Guard
• O P • R S ———- Glue Boy
• M N • R S ———- So, You Want to Be a Hippo?
• N O P • R S ——- Tor-Maid-Os
• N O P • S T ——– I Only Eat Bacon When It Rains
• N O P • U V ——- Baroony and the Chocolate Milk Shower
• M N • S T ———- The 7:37 Mystery
• Q R • U V ———- Ollie: the Toaster Dog
• M N • U V ———- Pizza Safari
• M N • U V ———- The Dough-Splosion!
• N O P • U V ——- Peter the Plush
• M N • S T ———- The Mustard Closet
WHAT GRADES CAN I USE THESE FOR?
Strong 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and struggling 5th-grade students smile/laugh their way through these fun, outrageous stories/passages and answer comprehension questions about what they read.
• Level One is recommended for 3rd, lower 4th, or UPPER/GT 2nd.
• Level Two is recommended for 4th and UPPER/GT 3rd.
• Struggling 5th can enjoy Level Two as well or as fun homework. Most of them willcrush the questions, however.
SAMPLE two of my OUTRAGEOUS passages before you buy!
Download the full PDF file here at Teachers Pay Teachers. The text version is below but does not include questions or answers.
These are sample texts to copy-paste. These Funny Reading Comprehension stories are protected by copyright. You have my permission to create any free materials for your classroom. You may not relist these funny short stories for kids or sell them on sites such as Teachers Pay Teachers. They may not be listed as free either. Otherwise, have fun using these samples for your activities. Share with your friends!
Dolphins in the Basement
Text Sample – Copyright DMW Lewis
Keeping dolphins in the basement seems like a great idea. If you love-love-love dolphins, it seems like the best idea since chocolate bacon. It was at first, but the fun didn't last.
The day the dolphins moved in and saw my basement, they groaned. Where was the pool? Where was the floating couch and floating TV to watch their favorite football team? They didn't cheer for the team you might be thinking of, either.
It went on like this for hours until I did what they asked. I had to make a trip to the store that night. I bought the biggest kiddy pool I could find. It might've taken up all the space, but at least they wouldn't complain, right? Wrong…
The pool didn't have a slide or a waterfall. It was too tight for two adult dolphins to relax. They made that crazy, high-pitched, squeaky sound as loud as they could until I gave into their new demands. I had to! My poor ears would have rather been stuck in a marshmallow jungle forever.
I hired this surfer guy to hose them down all day and night. He didn't last long. The dolphins laughed at him for losing a breath-holding contest. That's why he quit.
It gets worse. I could always hear them talking about me down there. They didn't like that I kept cans of non-dolphin-safe tuna in the house. For me, that was the last straw. If I had my own blowhole, lava would've shot to the sky.
I demanded the dolphins leave or they'd join the tuna cans. They splashed me and screeched for a good hour, but then finally left. It was over.
Listen, kid—before you get wild and go buy a pool for your basement—think it over first. Do you really want rude dolphins in the basement?
Pizza Safari
Text Sample – Copyright DMW Lewis
Hello everyone! Welcome to your first pizza safari. This safari is brought to you by Don n' Rob's Pizza. If it's not dripping off the plate, it's not Don n' Rob's. My name is Doughy Mann. I will be your tour guide.
We want everyone on this tour to have a wonderful time. For your safety, it is important that you keep all body parts in the bus. You're free to sniff as much as you want, but I must warn you. Some of these wild pizzas have eaten people if they smell tasty. It's hard to stop. Let's begin our tour.
As we head into the jungle, keep your eyes open. Some of the pizza, like cheese and vegetarian, likes to walk around in the open. They are used to seeing humans. The sound of our engine doesn't scare them. The wilder types like meat special and the monster pizza are more dangerous. Their grease and high number of calories make them bad for people.
Ah-hah! Please look to the left of the bus. Here we have a family of red-eyed, green olive slices by that diet cola stream. Ah-hah! If you look to the right, we have one slice of pepperoni. If he finds a mate, they can make slices of double pepperoni babies in the spring.
Wait! Stop the bus. Nobody move or make a sound. We're being watched by a special guest. Don't move your head. Slowly look up into the salad treetops above us. You'll see the rarest of the rare. It's a slice of buffalo chicken. It's double stuffed crust with triple cheese and extra sauce. It's still warm. Look at how well cooked that golden, buttery crust is. I've never felt so lucky. She isn't burned and came right on time.
Oh no! Here she comes! Everyone run before we get—
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