Sleeping Beauty: read-along
Sleeping Beauty as a read-along for the projector: 17 pages, 1253 words, level 10, grade 5.
Page 1 of 17
Long ago, a king and queen wished every day for a child, but year after year no baby came. Then one day, while the queen was bathing in a pond, a frog crawled out of the water. "Your wish will come true," it croaked. "Before a year has passed, you will have a daughter." And just as the frog had said, the queen soon had a baby girl. She was so lovely that the king could hardly stop smiling.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 10, Grade 5
- 17 pages, 1253 words, about 9 minutes aloud
- A classic tale, gentle
Related
About Sleeping Beauty
A fairy who wasn't invited to the feast puts a spell on the baby princess: one day she will prick her finger on a spindle. When she does, the whole castle falls asleep for a hundred years behind a hedge of thorns.
Words to preview
- magnificent (mag-NIF-ih-sunt)
- very grand
- spindle (SPIN-dul)
- thread-spinning stick
- horrified (HOR-ih-fyd)
- shocked and scared
- flax (FLAKS)
- plant for thread
- hopelessly (HOPE-les-lee)
- with no hope
- splendor (SPLEN-der)
- great beauty
Questions that fit any book
- What happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end?
- Which page was your favorite? Why?
- How did the main character feel at the end? What tells you?
Questions
How long does Sleeping Beauty take to read aloud?
It has 17 pages and 1253 words, so about 9 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is Sleeping Beauty?
Level 10, Grade 5. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 10 sits at grade 5. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
Your browser's own. Read to me uses a speaking voice already on the computer, so it sounds like that computer and works without a sign-in. Voices differ: some light each word as it is spoken, and some do not, in which case the highlight follows a steady pace instead. Some browsers use an online voice; if yours does, the browser, not us, sends the words of the page to its speech service. If no voice is installed, turn the pages and read it aloud yourself.
Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Is this the original text?
No. It is a retelling in Peabody's own words at this reading level, so it may differ from the edition you know.
Nothing you do here is sent to us. The voice is your browser's own. No sign-in, no ads.