Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tie It Up With Transition Words to Write a Story!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Read, write, and present a digital narrative with transition words to help us put the events in order! After modeling the lesson, groups of students will write narratives to recount a short sequence of events, they will include details...
Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Story Writing Frames [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Teachers will learn how to use story writing frames with their students. Teachers will learn how to implement story frames; measure progress with story frames; and find research to support using story frames. A reproducible story frame...
Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Princess and the Dragon

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listen to and read along with this story about a princess and a dragon. You can choose the ending to the story. Then print off activities to go along with the story.
Activity
Other

Write a Goofy Story: The Sequel

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this activity, students will complete humorous fill-in-the-blank prompts. After students complete each blank, students will view an automatically-generated story that contains their sentences organized ways that will be funny.
Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Story Maps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides six story-map graphic organizers.
Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: Voyage of the Animal Orchestra

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this story of the shipwrecked animals in the orchestra to focus on plot, characters, and sequence of a story. Included are assessment activities and flash cards.
Interactive
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Sequence of Events

For Students 1st Standards
Practice putting pictures and story events in order after reading a short text in this online learning activity.
Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: 10 Graphic Organizers for Download

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These graphic organizers will engage students in planning strategies for writing assignments. Students will participate in planning stories and critiques via story maps and critique planning sheets.
Activity
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: No Dogs!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
After you listen to and read the story, print out the activities to practice reading comprehension skills. Work on character identification, details, and sequence of events.
eBook
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Little Red Riding Hood: Text

For Students 3rd - 4th
This is an adaptation of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" in text format.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Buttons and the Blue Glove

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a cat named Buttons who goes on an adventure with his little girl's blue glove. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides 30+ graphic organizers to aid in planning and writing. Students will be able to write informational pieces and literary responses.