ELAR 3.12(A)
compose literary texts, including personal narratives and poetry, using genre characteristics and craft;
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Narrative Plot Structure - Story Mountain Template
Use a story mountain template to help your students write narrative stories.
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Roll to Create a Magical Story – Dice Game
Get your students writing magical stories with this engaging and interactive “Roll to Create” dice game.
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Roll to Create a Creature - Drawing Game
Use a die and a chart to create a creature to include in a narrative text or a comic strip.
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Narrative Writing Lesson: Story Leads to Hook Readers
Hook readers with this narrative writing lesson that introduces your students to eleven story starting strategies.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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Developing Narrative Writing Skills - 3rd & 4th Grade
Teach your students about the structure and language features of narrative texts with an engaging interactive Narrative Writing Teaching Slide Presentation.
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Readers Theater – Play Writing Template
A template for students to use when writing their own Readers Theater script.
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Sentence Starters for Writing Slides
Spark creativity with our sentence starters for writing slides that provide your students writing prompts across three writing genres.
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Narrative Writing Prompts Worksheets
Download these engaging narrative writing prompts worksheets that spark creativity and make story planning easy for your students.
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Types of Poetry Anchor Charts with Annotations
Introduce structured forms of poetry to your students with this set of 9 annotated poetry posters.
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Hide the Turkey Template — Thanksgiving Activity
Save Tom the Turkey with a Disguise a Turkey project template for Thanksgiving time in the classroom.
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My Ideal World – Writing Template
A template for students to use when writing about their ideal world.
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5 Narrative Writing Prompt Stimulus Sheets
A set of 5 writing prompt stimulus sheets with a narrative focus.
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Adapt a Short Story – Write the Ending
Get your students to write the ending of an existing story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Adapt a Short Story – Change the Narrative Setting
Explore the role the narrative setting plays within a story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet for elementary students.
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Adventure Story Starter Task Cards
Print and use these Adventure Story Starter Task Cards to inspire adventurous narrative writings.
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Finish the Story - Pirate Writing Template
Turn boring old narrative writing practice into a writing adventure with a printable Finish The Story Pirate Writing Template.
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Direct and Indirect Characterization Anchor Chart
Reference a direct and indirect characterization anchor chart to teach your students the difference between types of characterization.
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Narrative Story Starter Worksheets - Writing Prompts
Use our printable narrative writing prompt worksheets to boost your students' imaginative writing skills.
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Story Ideas - Character, Setting, and Complication Cards
Help your students choose a topic to write about with this set of 36 character, setting and compilation task cards.
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Magical Story Starters Task Cards
Get your students writing magical stories with this set of story starter task cards.
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Rhyming Poems Poster and Template
Teach your students all about rhyming couplet poems with this classroom poster and accompanying student worksheets.
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Alliteration Poster For Young Students
A poster to use with young students when teaching alliteration.
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MLK Day Task Cards
Challenge students to think about the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this set of 13 writing task cards.
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Grade 3 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 1
A 68-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Adjective Posters
Get your students to use new words to describe objects with this set of 13 bright and colorful posters.
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Writing a Narrative - Template
A template to use when planning a narrative text.
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Seven Sensational Story Starters PowerPoint
A 10 slide editable PowerPoint template of story starters to use in narrative writing.
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Narrative Setting Prompts Posters
A set of 2 posters giving ideas for the setting of a narrative.
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Narrative Criteria Checklist Pack
Use this narrative criteria checklist pack when teaching your students how to edit their narrative writing.
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Adapt a Short Story – Change the Complication
Explore the role the complication of a story plays within narrative structure with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Summer Santa – Christmas Story Writing Pack
Bring creativity to your classroom with Christmas story writing activities that inspire students to craft hilarious holiday narratives about Santa’s summer adventures.