Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Map a Story or a History [Pdf]
This graphic organizer provides a story map. Students can use this visual resource to help them record major plot events from a story or from a historical event.
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Story Writing Frames [Pdf]
Teachers will learn how to use story writing frames with their students. Teachers will learn how to implement story frames; measure progress with story frames; and find research to support using story frames. A reproducible story frame...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Adaptation of the Boy Who Cried "Wolf"
After sharing the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," students will be introduced to the story of "Leo the Longhorn." Students will act out the nattive of "Leo the Longhorn" by paying close attention to the skill of sequencing.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: No Dogs!
After you listen to and read the story, print out the activities to practice reading comprehension skills. Work on character identification, details, and sequence of events.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Going With the Flow (Map)
Students will practice retelling a story using a flow map. This lesson includes thorough directions, materials, and a video called Bear's Shadow.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Little Red Ant
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Little Red Ant and The Great Big Crumb is a story in the third grade Scholastic Literacy Series. This flipchart contains activities on order of events, cause/effect, vocabulary, and plot sequencing.
Read Works
Read Works: Get Well Lance
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the story of a girl who is writing a get well note to a classmate. This passage is intended as a guided passage. It contains questions regarding explicit information and drawing...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Retelling the Story
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps to teach students how to retell main events from a story and sequence events.
Other
Lulu's Games: The Right Order: Christmas Tree
Put three pictures in the correct sequence in order to see a story of a family getting a Christmas tree.
Other
Lulu's Games: The Right Order: School Day
Put four pictures in the correct sequence to see a story of a girl waking up and going to school.
Other
Lulu's Games: The Right Order: Ready for School
Put four pictures in the correct sequence to see a story of a boy getting ready for school.
Other
Lulu's Games: The Right Order: Travel
Put five pictures in the correct sequence to see a story of a family going on vacation.
Other
Lulu's Games: The Right Order: Camping
Put five pictures in the correct sequence in order to see a story of two children camping and hiking.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Clifford the Big Red Dog: School
Put five pictures in the correct order to tell a story about Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Code.org
Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Course C
Create programs with sequencing, loops, and events. Translate your initials into binary, investigate different problem-solving techniques, and learn how to respond to cyberbullying. At the end of the course, create your very own game or...
Code.org
Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Course B
Learn the basics of computer science and internet safety. At the end of the course, create your very own game or story you can share.
Code.org
Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Course A
Learn the basics of computer science and internet safety. At the end of the course, create your very own game or story you can share.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Little Red Riding Hood: Text
This is an adaptation of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" in text format.
Read Works
Read Works: Buttons and the Blue Glove
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a cat named Buttons who goes on an adventure with his little girl's blue glove. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Memories, a Connection to the Past
This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Elizabeth Howard's Aunt Flossie's Hats, Mem Fox's Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge, Bill Martin's Knots On A Counting Rope, and Lucia Gonzales' The Bossy...
Other
Pbs 45 & 49:...trauma & Loss: Beginning, Middle & End
Lesson plan for kindergarten and first grade that teaches about the beginning, middle, and end of a story along with dealing with trauma and loss by using the story "Bridgett Bunny?s Ordinary Day That Wasn?t" (link to the text included)....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: There Was an Old Lady
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is to be used with the There Was an Old Lady series of books. Use with ordinal numbers and retelling the story. The students can vote on their favorite book and use a Venn Diagram to...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: rl.k.3 With Prompting and Support, Identify Characters, Settings,
This landing page provides different lesson plan choices on teaching RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings,
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Literary Elements in Jan Brett's the Mitten
Young scholars will analyze such literary elements as plot, cause-effect relationships, sequence, and prediction in Jan Brett's The Mitten. Students will enjoy predicting upcoming story events and retelling the story from a dialogue that...