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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing a Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the steps for writing a story such as coming up with a title, a main idea and supporting details that keep the reader interested.
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Lesson Plan
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Magical Mr. Tumblebuddy Flipet Writes Stories [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site shares a lesson plan. Teachers will use the mythical character named The Magical Mr. Tumblebuddy Flipet to help share students engage in the writing process of stories. Directions for a puppet activity related to the...
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eBook
Starfall

Starfall: A House in a Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an online children's picture book for early readers. It includes story word list.
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Website
Other

Johnnie's Story Page: Stories and Reading Activities for Beginning Readers

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Links students can follow to listen and read along with dozens of illustrated stories from different online sources. Stories are sorted into three categories: Beginning Readers, Classic Stories, and Older Readers.
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: rl.k.7 Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets that help students practice the following Common Core State Standards skill: With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Word Hunt

For Students K - 1st Standards
Help write a story about a rabbit in a garden by choosing words to describe the rabbit and to tell what action the rabbit likes to do. Then watch these choices come to life in the cartoon illustrations.
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Activity
English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Using Illustrations and Details for Key Ideas Worksheet

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The nature of the interactions between the author and the illustrator are vital to the expression provided by that drawing. The following worksheets focus on using pictures to describe key ideas in an informational text.
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: Rl.2.7 Worksheets

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to help students practice the Common Core Standard of using information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate...
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Interactive
ABCya

Abc Ya: Story Maker

For Students K - 1st Standards
Create your own story using the tools on this site. You can add a title page, type your story, and illustrate it using the paint tools. The story can then be saved and printed.
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Article
Other

The Digital Scoop: Drawing and Writing Fun With Abc Ya Story Maker

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This article describes how to use the Story Maker app on the ABCYa website. A sample of student writing about making a snowman is provided.
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Website
Other

Katelyn Pointek: One Word Writing Prompts

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
This site offers a list of one word writing prompts perfect for free writing activities which can be used as quick write or developed into stories. With one word story prompts, you start with the word provided and use either one sentence...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Cause and Effect With "A Bad Case of Stripes" Day One

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will really be writing to sources with this lesson. They will write about cause and effects in a multi-flow map and then write sentences to explain the cause and effect relationships in this story.