Cinderella

Cinderella LEVELED BOOK • H

A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Book Cinderella
Word Count: 251
H•K•N
Connections
Writing Written by Edie Evans
Use a Venn diagram to compare Illustrated by Fatemeh Haghnejad
this version of the Cinderella
story to another version. www.readinga-z.com
Write sentences telling how
they are alike and how they
are different.
Science
Do you think a tree could grow
from planting a twig?
Why or why not?
Share your ideas with a partner.

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Cinderella Words to Know

fit midnight
grave twig
married wish

Written by Edie Evans Cinderella Correlation
Illustrated by Fatemeh Haghnejad Level H Leveled Book LEVEL H
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Illustrated by Fatemeh Haghnejad Reading Recovery 13–14
Focus Question
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How does Cinderella find
happiness? www.readinga-z.com

Once upon a time, there was Soon after, her father
a pretty girl whose mother died. married again.

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His new wife had two She was so dirty from working
mean daughters. that they called her “Cinderella.”
They made the girl do all the work.
Her father did not know. 6

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One day, her father gave 7 Cinderella planted the twig
a dress to one daughter at her mother’s grave.
and a ring to the other. It grew into a tree.
He gave a twig to Cinderella. Every time Cinderella went
to the tree, she would wish
Cinderella • Level H for music.
A white bird would appear
and sing.

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Years passed. 9 Cinderella ran to the tree
There was a big dance and made a wish.
to find a wife for the prince. She asked for new clothes
Cinderella was told for the dance.
she could not go. The white bird gave her
a silver dress and gold shoes.
Cinderella • Level H It said they would change back
to her old clothes by midnight.

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At the dance, no one knew her. At midnight, Cinderella ran home.
She was the only one the prince She left behind a gold shoe.
would dance with.
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The next day, the prince took the Cinderella tried.
shoe and made every girl try it on. It fit!
It fit no one.
Then he went to the house 14
where Cinderella lived.
The mean stepsisters tried it on,
but the shoe did not fit.

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fit (v.) Glossary
to be, measure, or
make the proper size
and shape (p. 13)

grave (n.) a hole in the ground
where a dead body
is buried (p. 8)

married (v.) joined with a wife or
husband in marriage
(p. 4)

midnight (n.) twelve o’clock at night
(p. 10)

twig (n.) a little piece of wood
that grows from a
branch (p. 7)

Cinderella and the prince married wish (v.) to hope that
and lived happily ever after. something will happen
The mean stepsisters did not! or be true (p. 8)

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