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Ed Helper Clip Art
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1st - 5th
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Organizer

Character Problem Solution

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Intended for younger audiences, children identify the main characters, setting, problem, events, and solution in a graphic organizer.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

story elements, story events, solutions, characters, main characters

Additional Tags

classroom support

Instructional Ideas

  • Use as an instructional tool to help beginning students map out story elements and create a story outline

Classroom Considerations

  • Pair with a literary text or short story

Pros

  • Formatted nicely for easy writing

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.1.3 RL.1.7 RL.2.3 RL.2.7 RL.3.3 RL.3.7 RL.4.3 RL.4.7

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