Teaching Plot.. bahaha I love it!

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all." -Jacqueline Kennedy

So yesterday I introduced the plot map and we added it into our reading spirals. I also read one of my FAVORITE picture books... Grandpa'...

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Resource for teaching sequence and plot

This pack includes three handy worksheets that you can use to teach and practice understanding of plot. Also includes a plot diagram, a plot visualization storyboard page and a plot summary sheet.

This is a graphic organizer for the skill: plot. We use this graphic organizer in class after we have read a story. Using the graphic organizer we can then retell the story! Check out my Anchor Chart using the Roller Coast as a tool for students to remember plot. http://firstgradefresh.blogspot.co...

Sophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli is a lovely picture book that students enjoy listening to and discussing. This mini-lesson focuses on the identification of the elements of plot and how the setting can impact the mood of a story. If you don't have a copy of the book, you are in luck! Just go ...

Plot anchor chart for problem and solution

Plot Anchor Chart

This packet is intended to help teach and assess the Common Core Reading Strategy of Plot for Literature. Included in the file is: -Strategy cards for plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) -An activity sheet for the students to complete -An assessment rubric (2 pe...

Storytelling is in our blood, it binds us together as humans. On some intuitive level, everyone understands narrative structure, even little kids. All good stories have a clear beginning, middle and end. Ever try to skip parts of a story with a toddler? Even they can sense on a gut level that something is wrong if we miss a fundamental part of the story.

Understanding the Structure of a Story

I'm still playing a bit of catch up from being gone all last week. On my still to do list is laundry and my mentor text post. H m m m decisions, decisions. I think I'll choose mentor text. Collaboration Cuties is hosting an ongoing mentor text link up with rotating topics. This week's topic is fab books for ELA skills. My mentor text this week is Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells. This book is part of the Max and Ruby series. I chronicles Ruby and Max's efforts to make two very different…

Teaching plot to elementary or junior high students with picture books is fun and effective. Plot: Exposition (introduction of characters, setting, problem) Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution If you use your hand as a graph, it's a handy (pardon the pun) visual to reinforce and 'graph' plot. Plot Gestures: Exposition: Introduces characters and problem. Have students cross arms in an X position in front of their faces and rest their chins on their X. Then, have them turn their…