Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading,
writing, and thinking using multiple
texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements
within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical,
and diverse literary texts. The student is expected to:
Introduce your kindergarten and first-grade students to the elements of a story using this interactive Google Slides activity.
Engage young readers in texts with a dramatic reading of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and accompanying story retelling activity.
Build a foundation of literary concepts and skills with this set of 12 fiction reading response cards.
In this worksheet, students will read 2 pieces of text and identify characters, settings, problems, and solutions.
A worksheet to use when teaching students about characters and how to make inferences.
A profile worksheet for students to use when learning to analyze characters in a text.
Five sets of literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 1 magazine.
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically written for Grade 1 students.
A superhero-inspired book report pennant banner template.
A set of 12 task cards for primary students to use after reading a picture book.
A set of 15 finger puppets that can be used to spark the imagination for creative writing or to perform puppet shows.
Use this flip book template with your primary students when teaching about the features of literary characters.
A fun and creative way to learn about how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality.
A fun and creative way to learn about how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality.
A template to use when exploring or planning a narrative story.
Use these fairy tale activity cards to help your students understand sequencing.
This English unit uses fairy tales to introduce the narrative text type to younger students. It addresses the structure, characters and language features of a narrative.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the structure of a narrative text.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the structure of a narrative text using fairy tales.