New ReviewHow well do you know stories told in your family? Could you recite them by heart? Middle schoolers study the importance of the oral tradition by telling a partner a story, having the partner recite it back, and then interviewing a family...

The spirit of the Civil Rights Movement lives on in a more literal than figurative way in Ghost Boys. A focused lesson plan features Jewell Parker Rhodes' novel about ghosts of slain black teenagers, including the main character, Jerome,...

Learn computer coding by design. The first of eight parts in the CS First Fashion and Design unit introduces the series. Participants become familiar with Scratch block-based coding and with the club procedures. They then begin a project...

Explore a trailblazing way to talk about innovation. Using the Scratch coding program, young computer scientists create innovations and write stories to accompany them. They include some of the add-ons they mastered throughout the unit.

Your own story might just be the most interesting one of all. Scholars pick one of three story starters to frame their personal narratives and customize them by placing add-ons to their stories. Video tutorials guide users on how to...

Make your own way through a story. The sixth of eight installments in the Google CS First Storytelling unit tasks scholars with creating an interactive story within the Scratch coding program using if/then blocks. Readers choose their...

Are the characters the best part of a story? Young computer scientists create a story using the Scratch coding program. Self-directed tutorials within a larger whole-group lesson shows them how to write a sequence of events and add...

Accept the premise that the resource is good for you. After choosing a starter project, referred to as a premise, scholars pick some add-ons for their stories. Accompanying video tutorials help them put these add-ons into action using...

I'm gonna make it rain. Scholars complete a computer coding activity where they create a setting for a story to complete the third of eight lessons on Storytelling. Using the Scratch coding program, they include rain and lightning to set...

Talk to me about an interactive project. Future computer scientists work on a computer coding activity in the Scratch program. Using provided story starters, they make two sprites have a dialogue with each other. Let's hope they have...

The second lesson in a five-lesson theatre arts unit focuses on developing a grade level appropriate understanding of dramatic text elements, of theater history, and of the purposes of theater performance.

The Navajo people build their dwellings with the doors facing the rising sun in the east to welcome wealth and fortune. Pupils learn about the traditions of the Navajo people in the first part of a 16-part unit. They explore American...

The plot diagramming activity that accompanies Aesop's "The Man and the Lion" asks readers to investigate the relationship between parts of the plot and the moral of the story. The resource comes with an audiobook recording of the fable...

Full truth, or an exaggeration? How can you tell when a storyteller is exaggerating a story? Readers analyze a story told by Hortensia, and identify the exaggerative language she uses. Then, learners write their own narrative story using...

Encourage scholars to retell their favorite short story or folktale, adding personal details to make it their own. After reading their book of choice several times, story tellers retell a tale verbally to their classmates. 

Accompany a reading of the story, Runaway Dreidel! by Lesléa Newman with a variety of activities that encourage counting, map skills, experimenting, and writing. Scholars work collaboratively to play a dreidel game, create a map...

Oral history has brought a multitude of lessons, stories, and factoids to our current knowledge of the past. Let us continue to use oral history traditions through a instructional activity that encourages pupils to discover and...

Wheels go around is the theme of this series of challenge activities. Extend learning of making predictions and the reading comprehension skill, cause and effect, through grand conversations, poster designing, and writing books.

Anansi is a tricky character, but can he realize he's wrong and write an apology letter? Learners use Anansi and the Pot of Beans to practice writing, art, and figurative language. A series of activities are engaging for both advanced...

Stories are passed down orally in many cultures. Learn about the ways that storytelling can shape a society with a reading passage about Native American folklore and myths. After they finish reading, kids complete five reading...

Here is a must-have resource for studying fairy tales, myths, and folktales with your class! It includes instructional ideas, activities, and materials to support a month-long review of these three unique genres of writing.

It's time to make a movie! Kids follow 15 steps to take their movie ideas from concept to script, following clear examples. The resource includes creative ways to guide learners into developing a few words and concepts into fully...

Show young readers how to put some personality and voice into their storytelling with an in-depth assignment. Kids practice saying the same thing, such as counting from one to ten, in different tones and perspectives, and then work on...

Invite your kids to tell all sorts of stories with this interactive app. Learners view images and record their own voices as as they create short narratives to go along with the images. The app provides plenty of customizable scaffolding...