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Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Story Comprehension: What's in a Story?

Oh no, this story has gotten all jumbled! Practice recognizing story order by putting these panels back together.

Story Order

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

Story Mountain

Use this fun story rollercoaster template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.

Story Rollercoaster

There's more than one way to hook a reader! Help your students reinforce their understanding of captivating story starters with this Goldilocks-themed matching worksheet.

Goldilocks and the Five Beginnings

The Nutcracker story tells the tale of a girl who discovers some Christmas magic. Color in The Nutcracker story with your child and make your own holiday book.

The Nutcracker Story

This fun worksheet serves as a great visual for your kids to organize their thoughts around the elements of a story. After students have finished their story, have them fill out this handy slide graphic organizer with plot, protagonist, and antagonist.

Story Slide

Let your students show you the way through a story of their choice using this fun road map! Your students will get to flex their reading comprehension muscles as they write about various story elements, including main characters, setting, and plot.

Story Roadmap

Use this silly visual prompt to write a story.

Silly Story Starter

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

Glossary: Story Hooks

Young writers will traverse the story mountain to create a narrative plot of their own! Students will consider various story elements, including characters, setting, climax, problem, and solution with this great visual aid.

Story Mountain Prewriting

Practice using adjectives the silly way with this exercise. Make up a wacky story about your first day of school using adjectives that are all out of place!

Silly Story

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Story Map

What story can your second grader come up with for this winter scene? They also get some coloring time to go along with the story they write.

Ice Skating Story Starter

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Glossary: Map a Story

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

Glossary: Conclude a Story

Use the "I Am Human" Story Book worksheet to create a story about gratitude and being human.

'I Am Human' Story Book

This story map will help organize students&#39; retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Story Elements Map

What would happen if two snails entered a race? Start your own story with these slow-and-steady snails!

Snail Story Starter

This reading exercise uses interactive story writing; it's a great way to look at reading comprehension from a different angle.

Interactive Story Writing

Inspire your little storyteller to exercise her imagination with an adorable story starter! How did this rhino become a ballerina?

Rhino Story Starter

Read a simple tale about pirates and stolen treasure, then chart the story on a map.

Create a Story Map

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

Vocabulary Cards: Story Hooks

What if you had a T-Rex as a pet? Dino lovers can put their imaginations to the test with this adorable story starter.

Dinosaur Story Starter

Do fish drive around from place to place? Have a fun storytelling adventure with your child and create an imaginative story to go with this picture.

Fish Story Starter

Put proper punctuation into practice with this Animal Friends read-along story.

Animal Friends: Punctuate the Story

What kinds of games would you play in the jungle? Give your little monkey a fun way to practice her storytelling skills with this story starter prompt.

Jungle Story Starter

Have you ever heard of a giraffe that loves to roller skate? This fun-filled story starter is sure to put a smile on your little writer's face.

The "Somebody Wanted But So Then" reading strategy is a great way to help kids identify the key elements of a story. Students will use this easy format to begin summarizing a story of your choice in this fun treasure map-themed worksheet!

"Somebody Wanted" Story Map

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

Vocabulary Cards: Conclude a Story

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