Teaching story elements

Upper elementary teaching story elements anchor chart, notebook page, and practice activities. Includes free printables and book project!

Learn how to teach story elements in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third and fourth grade in this blog post. I touch on the standards, Anchor Charts, Mini Lesson Resources, Story Elements Video, Reading Passages, Mentor Texts for Teaching Story Elements, Teaching Characters, and Mentor Texts, as well as some hands-on activities. Learn how you can incorporate these story elements activities in your lesson plans here.

Tips and FREE resources to improve effectiveness when teaching sotry elements. Mrs. Renz Class.

Looking for read-alouds for upper elementary to teach story elements? Check out this post for the picture books that I use with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to explain and demonstrate story elements!

Students will read a book of their choosing and then use this worksheet to complete their story elements

These free story elements activities are a ton of fun for students and teachers. Kids in kindergarten and first grade will love reading the story of The Princess and the Frog while learning about story elements. The activities are great for small groups, whole group lessons as well as homework. Grab them for free!

Get 8 Books For Teaching Story Elements to support your instruction in first and second grade! Grab the free story elements printable.

The 8 elements of a story are: plot, setting, character, conflict, theme, point-of-view, tone and style. Read on for an explanation of all 8!

Understanding story elements are important skills in both reading and writing. In lower graders, we often use the words beginning, middle, and end. We even briefly talk about describing the characters. But in upper elementary, we need our students to begin understanding that there is MORE than just these simple words. What is rising action? […]