
Colleen and the Leprechaun
Colleen y el duende
Colette et le lutin
Colleen and the Leprechaun
Colleen and the Leprechaun
Colleen and the Leprechaun
Colleen and the Leprechaun
Fantasy (fiction), 747 words, Level N (Grade 2)
Colleen and the Leprechaun is the story of an eight-year-old girl who takes a trip to Ireland to meet her grandparents for the first time. On the way to her grandparents' home, her grandfather fascinates her with stories of Celtic fairies and Irish legends, mysteriously warning her to watch for "little people." Illustrations and maps support the text.
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Sequence Events : Sequence events in a story
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Quotation Marks : Understand the use of quotation marks to identify dialogue
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Homophones : Recognize and use homophones
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