Time Tale Sprint

This worksheet supports students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 as they strengthen reading comprehension, grammar in context, sentence meaning, and narrative analysis through short, engaging mini-stories. Learners read each brief story carefully and choose whether for or during correctly completes the sentence, requiring them to distinguish between duration and actions that occur within a time frame.

Learning Goals

• Reading Narrative Texts (Grades 4-6): Interpret short stories and track events across a sequence of actions.
• Grammar in Context: Apply for to express length of time and during to show when an action happens within an event.
• Preposition Usage: Strengthen understanding of time-related prepositions through meaningful sentence completion.
• Textual Analysis & Completion: Use story clues and context to determine the most accurate grammar choice.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA grammar and reading standards.
• Integrated Reading & Grammar Practice: Blends comprehension and language skills rather than treating grammar in isolation.
• Engaging, Bite-Sized Stories: Mini-stories keep students focused while promoting careful reading.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for grammar lessons, literacy centers, independent work, homework, or review.
• Low-Prep Printable: Ready to use in both classroom and homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students deepen their understanding of time-related prepositions while strengthening narrative comprehension. By completing mini-stories with for and during, learners practice analyzing meaning, applying grammar rules, and improving sentence clarity. Whether used in a classroom reading block or a homeschool language arts lesson, this resource supports careful reading, accurate grammar usage, and confident application of standard English conventions.

This worksheet is part of our For vs. During worksheets collection.