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Story Structure Rollercoaster
Lesson Plan
Story Structure Rollercoaster
Third Grade
Reading
Reading can be a rollercoaster with its ups and downs! Use this lesson that features a rollercoaster-themed story map to teach your students about story structure and how to use a graphic organizer to visualize it.
Lesson Plan
Story Structure Rollercoaster
Lesson Plan
Story Structure Rollercoaster
Reading can be a rollercoaster with its ups and downs! Use this lesson that features a rollercoaster-themed story map to teach your students about story structure and how to use a graphic organizer to visualize it.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Elements of a Story
Lesson Plan
Elements of a Story
Third Grade
In this interactive lesson, your students will learn to identify four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.
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Elements of a Story
Lesson Plan
Elements of a Story
In this interactive lesson, your students will learn to identify four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.
Third Grade
Lesson Plan
Scary Story Elements
Lesson Plan
Scary Story Elements
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson, students will use conjunctions to compare and contrast scary stories. It can be taught independently or used as a pre-lesson to Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts.
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Scary Story Elements
Lesson Plan
Scary Story Elements
In this lesson, students will use conjunctions to compare and contrast scary stories. It can be taught independently or used as a pre-lesson to Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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Compare and Contrast Story Elements
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Story Elements
Fourth Grade
Reading
By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.
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Compare and Contrast Story Elements
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Story Elements
By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Pick Out the Parts of a Story
Lesson Plan
Pick Out the Parts of a Story
Third Grade
Reading
Use this lesson to teach your students to identify story elements and compare them to another text's story elements. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the
Comparing Texts by the Same Author
lesson.
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Pick Out the Parts of a Story
Lesson Plan
Pick Out the Parts of a Story
Use this lesson to teach your students to identify story elements and compare them to another text's story elements. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the
Comparing Texts by the Same Author
lesson.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts
Lesson Plan
Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts
Fourth Grade
Reading
All fictional stories have story elements but they sure can differ between stories. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the story elements of two fictional stories and document their findings in a graphic organizer.
Lesson Plan
Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts
Lesson Plan
Using Story Elements to Compare and Contrast Fiction Texts
All fictional stories have story elements but they sure can differ between stories. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the story elements of two fictional stories and document their findings in a graphic organizer.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Lesson Plan
Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Second Grade
Reading
Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!
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Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Lesson Plan
Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!
Second Grade
Reading
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Who Is Telling the Story?
Lesson Plan
Who Is Telling the Story?
Fourth Grade
Help your ELs see the connection between nouns and pronouns and the author's point of view, or perspective, in fiction and nonfiction texts. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Two Points of View.
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Who Is Telling the Story?
Lesson Plan
Who Is Telling the Story?
Help your ELs see the connection between nouns and pronouns and the author's point of view, or perspective, in fiction and nonfiction texts. This lesson can be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Two Points of View.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Short Stories
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Short Stories
Fourth Grade
Reading
By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Short Stories
Lesson Plan
Compare and Contrast Short Stories
By fourth grade, most students are familiar with story elements such as setting, characters, and plot. In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the elements in two stories with similar themes.
Fourth Grade
Reading
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The Forgiveness Garden
Lesson Plan
The Forgiveness Garden
Second Grade
Resolving conflicts and forgiving others is a powerful lesson in the story "The Forgiveness Garden." In this lesson, students will read the story, discuss conflict resolution, and practice forgiveness tools.
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The Forgiveness Garden
Lesson Plan
The Forgiveness Garden
Resolving conflicts and forgiving others is a powerful lesson in the story "The Forgiveness Garden." In this lesson, students will read the story, discuss conflict resolution, and practice forgiveness tools.
Second Grade
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What's in a Name?
Lesson Plan
What's in a Name?
Fourth Grade
Writing
Every name has a story behind it. This lesson allows students to share the story of their name with their classmates. Not only is it fun, it's ideal for establishing a respectful classroom community.
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What's in a Name?
Lesson Plan
What's in a Name?
Every name has a story behind it. This lesson allows students to share the story of their name with their classmates. Not only is it fun, it's ideal for establishing a respectful classroom community.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Bun Bun Button Character Traits
Lesson Plan
Bun Bun Button Character Traits
Third Grade
Reading
In this lesson, you will read the heartwarming story of Bun Bun Button by Patricia Polacco to your class. Students will then use their own reading skills to describe the two main characters in the story.
Lesson Plan
Bun Bun Button Character Traits
Lesson Plan
Bun Bun Button Character Traits
In this lesson, you will read the heartwarming story of Bun Bun Button by Patricia Polacco to your class. Students will then use their own reading skills to describe the two main characters in the story.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Characters Change Just Like We Do
Lesson Plan
Characters Change Just Like We Do
Third Grade
Writing
Change is inevitable, even for story characters! In this lesson, your students will determine how a character changes throughout a story by focusing on the character’s dialogue and actions.
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Characters Change Just Like We Do
Lesson Plan
Characters Change Just Like We Do
Change is inevitable, even for story characters! In this lesson, your students will determine how a character changes throughout a story by focusing on the character’s dialogue and actions.
Third Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Problem and Solution Summaries
Lesson Plan
Problem and Solution Summaries
Third Grade
Use this lesson to guide your ELs towards identifying and discussing the problem and solution in a story. Teach this lesson as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Traditional Literature: Story Mapping.
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Problem and Solution Summaries
Lesson Plan
Problem and Solution Summaries
Use this lesson to guide your ELs towards identifying and discussing the problem and solution in a story. Teach this lesson as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Traditional Literature: Story Mapping.
Third Grade
Lesson Plan
The Way I Act
Lesson Plan
The Way I Act
Second Grade
In this lesson, students will hear the story "The Way I Act" and complete two activities connected to the story. They will practice mindful breathing and explore how to have more control over their bodies, behaviors, emotions, and choices.
Lesson Plan
The Way I Act
Lesson Plan
The Way I Act
In this lesson, students will hear the story "The Way I Act" and complete two activities connected to the story. They will practice mindful breathing and explore how to have more control over their bodies, behaviors, emotions, and choices.
Second Grade
Lesson Plan
The Same or Different? You Decide!
Lesson Plan
The Same or Different? You Decide!
Third Grade
Reading
Are the stories the same or different? You decide! Use this lesson with your students to practice comparing the story elements in two fictional stories written by the same author.
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The Same or Different? You Decide!
Lesson Plan
The Same or Different? You Decide!
Are the stories the same or different? You decide! Use this lesson with your students to practice comparing the story elements in two fictional stories written by the same author.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Exploring Sequence with Signal Words
Lesson Plan
Exploring Sequence with Signal Words
Third Grade
Use this lesson to teach your students how to retell the beginning, middle, and end of a story using sequencing words and phrases. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the
Story Structure Rollercoaster
lesson.
Lesson Plan
Exploring Sequence with Signal Words
Lesson Plan
Exploring Sequence with Signal Words
Use this lesson to teach your students how to retell the beginning, middle, and end of a story using sequencing words and phrases. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the
Story Structure Rollercoaster
lesson.
Third Grade
Lesson Plan
Understanding Character Traits, Understanding Plot Lesson Part III
Lesson Plan
Understanding Character Traits, Understanding Plot Lesson Part III
Fourth Grade
Have you ever read a story and immediately began to compare the characters to those of your favorite story? In this lesson, students will learn to read context clues and descriptions in order to understand characters and compare them.
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Understanding Character Traits, Understanding Plot Lesson Part III
Lesson Plan
Understanding Character Traits, Understanding Plot Lesson Part III
Have you ever read a story and immediately began to compare the characters to those of your favorite story? In this lesson, students will learn to read context clues and descriptions in order to understand characters and compare them.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits
Lesson Plan
It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits
Third Grade
Reading
In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.
Lesson Plan
It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits
Lesson Plan
It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits
In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Multiplication Stories
Lesson Plan
Multiplication Stories
Second Grade
Math can be made into short stories! Inspire your students to get creative with this lesson plan that will help them practice making and solving word problems.
Lesson Plan
Multiplication Stories
Lesson Plan
Multiplication Stories
Math can be made into short stories! Inspire your students to get creative with this lesson plan that will help them practice making and solving word problems.
Second Grade
Lesson Plan
Simple Summaries
Lesson Plan
Simple Summaries
Third Grade
Reading
Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.
Lesson Plan
Simple Summaries
Lesson Plan
Simple Summaries
Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Figuring Out the Theme
Lesson Plan
Figuring Out the Theme
Fourth Grade
Most stories have a message for the reader! Help students determine a story's theme so that kids are prepared to compare stories with similar themes. Use this on its own or as support to the lesson Head to Head Fiction Reflections.
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Figuring Out the Theme
Lesson Plan
Figuring Out the Theme
Most stories have a message for the reader! Help students determine a story's theme so that kids are prepared to compare stories with similar themes. Use this on its own or as support to the lesson Head to Head Fiction Reflections.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Summarizing with Sequence Words
Lesson Plan
Summarizing with Sequence Words
Fourth Grade
This lesson helps students summarize fictional stories using sequence words. Students will have a chance to practice distinguishing the different parts of a story in this lesson, which can be taught as a precursor to Storyboard Superstars.
Lesson Plan
Summarizing with Sequence Words
Lesson Plan
Summarizing with Sequence Words
This lesson helps students summarize fictional stories using sequence words. Students will have a chance to practice distinguishing the different parts of a story in this lesson, which can be taught as a precursor to Storyboard Superstars.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Fourth Grade
Writing
So your students are going to write a narrative? Use these prewriting exercises to help them choose an idea and plan out their story.
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
So your students are going to write a narrative? Use these prewriting exercises to help them choose an idea and plan out their story.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
How Do You Solve a Problem?
Lesson Plan
How Do You Solve a Problem?
Third Grade
Some problems are easy to fix, while some are more complicated. Use this lesson to teach your students to identify the characters’ attempts in a story to solve problems.
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How Do You Solve a Problem?
Lesson Plan
How Do You Solve a Problem?
Some problems are easy to fix, while some are more complicated. Use this lesson to teach your students to identify the characters’ attempts in a story to solve problems.
Third Grade
Lesson Plan
Exploring the Narrative
Lesson Plan
Exploring the Narrative
Fourth Grade
Teach your students to entertain readers with narrative writing. This lesson will help your students understand the genre, the different parts of a story, and elements such as character, setting, and conflict.
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Exploring the Narrative
Lesson Plan
Exploring the Narrative
Teach your students to entertain readers with narrative writing. This lesson will help your students understand the genre, the different parts of a story, and elements such as character, setting, and conflict.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Finding Similarities and Differences
Lesson Plan
Finding Similarities and Differences
Third Grade
Reading
Good readers analyze texts by looking at similarities and differences. Use this lesson to teach your students to compare and contrast the story elements of two fiction texts.
Lesson Plan
Finding Similarities and Differences
Lesson Plan
Finding Similarities and Differences
Good readers analyze texts by looking at similarities and differences. Use this lesson to teach your students to compare and contrast the story elements of two fiction texts.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Fourth Grade
Every story has a problem and every problem has a solution! Use this lesson to help students identify the problem and solution in fiction texts. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Compare and Contrast Short Stories.
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Every story has a problem and every problem has a solution! Use this lesson to help students identify the problem and solution in fiction texts. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Compare and Contrast Short Stories.
Fourth Grade
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Creatures
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Creatures
Third Grade
Reading
This lesson plan integrates art and reading to create a character by personifying a pumpkin. Your students will enjoy writing a story about a character that they have created!
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Creatures
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Creatures
This lesson plan integrates art and reading to create a character by personifying a pumpkin. Your students will enjoy writing a story about a character that they have created!
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Appreciating Diversity and Differences
Lesson Plan
Appreciating Diversity and Differences
Second Grade
In this lesson, students will hear the story
Lovely
and work in small groups to create a book or a symbol of appreciation for others' differences. Students will consider how appreciating differences supports community and relationships.
Lesson Plan
Appreciating Diversity and Differences
Lesson Plan
Appreciating Diversity and Differences
In this lesson, students will hear the story
Lovely
and work in small groups to create a book or a symbol of appreciation for others' differences. Students will consider how appreciating differences supports community and relationships.
Second Grade
Lesson Plan
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