Explore the structure of narrative writing with this fun, collaborative activity. Start by reading aloud a short story, asking small groups of learners to fill in key events on a large story board prepared on the class whiteboard....

What is true courage? Your class can explore the answer with these three Houghton-Mifflin stories ("Hatchet," "Passage to Freedom," "Climb or Die," and "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle"), which feature courageous characters and...

Spruce up a class reading of the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback with this fun series of activities. Starting with a list of reading comprehension questions and key vocabulary to address during a teacher...

Study story elements with your young learners. Read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and discuss the order of events by making a story panel out of butcher paper. Sentences are given as suggestions for the panel, though you may...

Students use the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme to learn about rhyme, telling time, and preposition use. In this nursery rhyme instructional activity, students read the nursery rhyme daily and complete a Mother Goose quiz. Students...

Students identify the key events in a fiction book. In this literacy lesson plan, students read the book Harry and the Lady Next Door and work in pairs to discuss the main events of each chapter to develop a short summary.

In this sequence of events worksheet, students use the chain link graphic organizer to write the sequence of events in order. Students write the topic or draw a picture of it in the center space.

For this sequence of events worksheet, students complete the graphic organizer that lists the order of events for a story from first, next, then, and last.