Here are some of the activities I got from the Summer Standards Training on how to teach Story Elements: Character, Setting, Problem, Solution, etc. Read any book and create a story map. To do this, you will need 4 pieces of construction paper for the mats, 4 pieces of copy paper labeled with the elements (or you can have the students write it on there depending on your grade level), and masking tape. The students will illustrate and label or write sentences for each story element on the appropriate page working together as a group. Next they will mat each page by glueing it to the middle of the construction paper. Finally, you help the students turn the pages over and tape the seams with the masking tape to piece the map together. This is so simple, but the map idea makes it really cool to the kids. Here is a picture of the map my group created on the book Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom De Louise.
The next one she shared uses a brown paper lunch sack. She read the book The Paper Bag Princess and then we cut the top off of the bag. We folded a piece of copy paper into fourths and cut it so we would have four long, skinny strips to stick out of the top of the bag. Once again, the paper can be programmed with the story elements you want your students to identify. The students then illustrate and write about the elements. The outside of the bag should be decorated to look like the cover of the book, but I ran out of time to make mine.
This next idea was shared by a teacher in Tipton county. she took a large pinwheel purchased at a Dollar Store, attached a large arrow with hot glue, and programmed it with Story comprehension questions. She uses it at her small group. She lets the student spin the wheel and has them answer the question the arrow is pointing to.
Vanessa Ritter, our presenter, does a reader's theatre in her classroom called Moonbeam's Pet. She shared this idea that she uses with it. You could use any animal that you could easily cut into two pieces. The accordion style paper inside has Character, setting, problem, solution on it. My handsome model for this one is my oldest son. He was really getting tired of posing because he couldn't get it to stay together for the picture...he..he.
The next one she shared uses a brown paper lunch sack. She read the book The Paper Bag Princess and then we cut the top off of the bag. We folded a piece of copy paper into fourths and cut it so we would have four long, skinny strips to stick out of the top of the bag. Once again, the paper can be programmed with the story elements you want your students to identify. The students then illustrate and write about the elements. The outside of the bag should be decorated to look like the cover of the book, but I ran out of time to make mine. 
This next idea was shared by a teacher in Tipton county. she took a large pinwheel purchased at a Dollar Store, attached a large arrow with hot glue, and programmed it with Story comprehension questions. She uses it at her small group. She lets the student spin the wheel and has them answer the question the arrow is pointing to. 
Vanessa Ritter, our presenter, does a reader's theatre in her classroom called Moonbeam's Pet. She shared this idea that she uses with it. You could use any animal that you could easily cut into two pieces. The accordion style paper inside has Character, setting, problem, solution on it. My handsome model for this one is my oldest son. He was really getting tired of posing because he couldn't get it to stay together for the picture...he..he.
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