About This Lesson
Fiction practice works best when students care about what happens next. Yet finding a genuinely engaging short story that also fits the available lesson time and includes ready-made comprehension support can become another lengthy search.
This free Grade 5 classroom story uses the surprise of a kitten at school to invite discussion about friendship, choices and responsibility. Students can examine character actions, make inferences, identify story details and support their ideas with evidence from the text.
Open the complete resource on PicoBuddy to read the illustrated story, review vocabulary, use the comprehension questions and answer key, take the interactive quiz or download the free printable PDF. It is ready for whole-class reading, small groups, centers, homework or independent practice.
