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The Fair
For this story completion worksheet, learners read the beginning section of the story 'The Fair.' Students then finish the story on the provided lines.
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The Beach Trip: Finish the Story
For this finish the story activity worksheet, students read an unfinished short story entitled "The Beach". Students use the lines provided to finish the story as they wish.
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The Snow Day: Writing Practice
In this finish the story activity worksheet, learners read an unfinished short story entitled "The Snow Day". Students use the lines provided to finish the story as they wish.
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The Golden Rules of Story Writing
In this story writing skills worksheet, students consider 6 guidelines for authoring their own stories. Students use the guidelines as they write their own stories.
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Story Writing Plan
In this story writing guidelines worksheet, students examine the 4 sets of considerations for writing stories. Students use the guidelines to write their own stories.
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Frog Principal Lesson Plan
Students read the fractured fairy tale, The Frog Principal by Stephanie Calmenson and compare it to the original version in order to gain deeper understanding of the fairy tale genre. In this fairy tale instructional activity, students...
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Kate and the Beanstalk Lesson Plan
Young scholars read the story Kate and the Beanstalk in order to compare and contrast this fractured tale to the original fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. In this fairy tale reading lesson plan, students first discuss the plots of...
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Story Writing Prompt
In this early childhood writing prompt worksheet, students look at the picture of foxes and use the words fox, foxes, lunch, and bench to write a story on the lines provided.
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Art to Zoo: Kiting Up The Sky: The Vehicles of Understanding
Students gain perspective on the importance of kites by reading about and discussing how kites have been used throughout history. In this kite exploration lesson, students follow instructions to construct a kite to assist them in...
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All About Lakes, Rivers, and Flyfishing Too
In this insect and fish story writing learning exercise, students draft a story that includes a setting, characters, problems, and events from the perspective of an insect or fish. In addition, students locate 51 science terms in a word...
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Spring Birds
In this story writing worksheet, students write a story about the picture, which contains a mother bird and three babies in a next. The worksheet contains 10 lines for students to write on.
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What Happens?
In this writing practice instructional activity, students analyze 2 different pictures of Roy the Zebra and answer the questions below each picture. They then draw a picture and write what happens next in the story.
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Story Endings
In this reading and writing worksheet, students first read the story about Roy the zebra, which is not included on this page. They then answer 3 questions about the story in the spaces provided.
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Hodge-Podge Lodge
In this story completion worksheet, students finish the story "Hodge-Podge Lodge" by filling in five blanks with words from the word bank that end with -dge. Students find each of the five words in the picture and color in each one with...
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My Hiding Place
In this writing worksheet, students read a story starter that asks if they have a special hiding place. Students write the story and illustrate it.
Starfall
Paul Gauguin
In this language arts instructional activity, students read a story starter, write a story and illustrate it. The topic is where students would like to live if they could live anywhere.
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Dream Beach
In this language arts worksheet, students write a story about a dream beach. Students use the illustrated word banks provided for each story.
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Writing is Hard Work
In this writing worksheet, students read a quote by Isaac Singer which says, "The wastebasket is a writer's best friend." Students explain what this means to them and how they view the writing process.
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Text Messaging Tales
In this reading and writing worksheet, students read the text messages sent between 2 friends. Students complete a 4 part story showing what happens in between each set of text messages.
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Story Starter-- Little Green Frog in a Kapok Tree
In this writing worksheet, students examine a picture and read a story starter about a little green frog who is at the top of a kapok tree. Students finish the story.
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Story Starter: The Three Cat Friends
In this writing worksheet, students examine the events happening in a colorful picture. Students read the story starter about some cat friends and finish the story.
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Story Starter
In this writing worksheet, students examine a full color picture of 2 children in a boat with tropical islands nearby. Students read the story starter and finish the story on the primary lines.
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
Students read "Green Eggs and Ham" in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and visit a storymaker website. Students create and type a three scene story using characters from Dr. Seuss's books and share their story with the class.
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Writing Lesson 2
Fourth graders examine the English Language Arts Writer's Checklist. They practice prewriting techniques and use clustering as a prewriting technique. They follow specific rules in order to complete this lesson plan.