Reading Skills Stories
Reading Skills Stories are high-interest stories about relevant topics for adolescent and adult English Language Learners. Each story packet includes practice with sight words, word families, syllables, patterns, fluency, and free writing. The stories range from Lexile level 100 to 600. This collection is actively growing! Check back regularly for new stories.  

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Level 1

Bills

Visiting a Friend

Get Outside

Sorry

English Class

A Job

A Daycare Business

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Level 2

Moving

Drip, Drip, Drip

Smartphones

Basketball

A New Baby

Elementary School

Five Children

Cold Weather

An After School Job

Construction Work

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Level 3

Doing Laundry

Glasses

Sick Day

Grandparents

Pregnant

Chocolate Chip Cookies

A Driver's License

Going to the Bank

Taking the Bus

An Accident
​at Work

Coworkers

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Level 4

Looking for Housing

Grocery Shopping

Open 24 Hours

High School

A Job at a Restaurant

Note: Some of these stories are also found in Reading Skills Stories: Book One or Reading Skills Stories: Book Two. There are 14 stories in each book, presented in order of reading difficulty level. The story format in the book is a little different from the format here in the digital library. If you prefer the format used in the book, you can display the format used in the book by using the free Full Preview of Book One or Full Preview of Book Two.  You can print (and also display) the format used in the book by purchasing the PDF file of Book One or PDF file of Book Two.