Instant download · color + black & white · PreK to 5th grade

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Book Companions & Reader's Theater · 3rd–5th

Grades 3–5 Tall Tale Companions

Five tall tales, big and funny, with real reading work inside.

Instant download after checkout

92 pages · 222 slides

One ZIP. Your receipt email has the download link. Single-classroom license.

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Look inside

Real pages from the download, shown smaller than print size.

A real page: John Henry
John Henry
A real page: Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed
A real page: Old Stormalong
Old Stormalong

What's inside

  1. John Henry18 pages
  2. Johnny Appleseed18 pages
  3. Old Stormalong18 pages
  4. Paul Bunyan18 pages
  5. Pecos Bill18 pages
  6. John Henry45 slides
  7. Johnny Appleseed45 slides
  8. Old Stormalong44 slides
  9. Paul Bunyan44 slides
  10. Pecos Bill44 slides
  11. Start Here and guides2 pages

92 pages and 222 editable slides, plus a black-and-white edition of every page.

In detail

  • 5 story companions: Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, Old Stormalong
  • Exaggeration sorts quoted from each tale; Johnny Appleseed adds a fact-or-legend sort with sources
  • Google Slides version included: one PowerPoint deck per story (numbered paragraphs, drag vocabulary match, self-checking questions with the proof paragraph, text evidence with model answers, drag sequence and sort, plot map, traits, theme, writing)

Specs

Pages92 pages in color PDFs, plus the same pages in black and white; 222 editable slides
Files6 color PDFs + 6 black-and-white PDFs
Google Slides version5 PowerPoint files, 222 slides (incl. skipped answer slides)

Good to know before you buy

  • Instant digital download; nothing ships.
  • Print PDFs are US Letter only (no A4 edition).
  • Story texts are our own retellings of public-domain tales; they are not the original wording of any edition.
  • Google Slides version included: PowerPoint files (.pptx) that import into Google Slides; typing and dragging work in edit mode, self-checking in Present mode; no Google Forms or automatic scores. Not yet opened in Google Slides by a person.

Questions before you buy

What do I get after I pay?

An email with your download link, right after checkout. The files are PDFs for US Letter paper, in color and in black and white.

Do I need a color printer?

No. Every PDF comes in a color edition and a black-and-white edition.

Can I share the files with my grade-level team?

Each purchase is a single-classroom license: one teacher, one classroom. The license is on page 2 of every PDF.

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