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Quizlet

Quizlet: Story Elements (1St Grade): Flashcards

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
These interactive flashcards provide definitions for different story elements. Engaging picture cues are provided for each flashcard, and students can play the audio to hear the words and definitions read aloud.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.1a: Introduce the Topic or Text They Are Writing About

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 12 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.1a: Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.1.a Worksheets: Introduce the Topic or Text They Are Writing

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 21 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.1.A: Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion,...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.3.b: Use Dialogue and Descriptions of Actions

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 2 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.3.b: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.3 B Worksheets: Use Dialogue and Descriptions

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.3B: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using...
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.3 Worksheets: Write Narratives to Develop Real or Imagined

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.3: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.2c: Use Linking Words and Phrases to Connect Ideas

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 7 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.2c: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.3: Write Narratives to Develop Real or Imagined Experiences

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 47 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.3: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.2a: Introduce a Topic and Group Related Information

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 18 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.2a: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
Education.com

Education.com: Sl.3.5 Worksheets: Create Engaging Audio Recordings

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 5 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard SL.3.5: Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate...
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Better Lesson: Sl.3.2: Determine the Main Ideas and Supporting Details of a Text

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 44 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.2: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,...
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Better Lesson: Sl.3.6: Speak in Complete Sentences

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 121 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.6: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Sl.4.5: Add Audio Recordings and Visual Displays to Presentations

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Links to 31 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.5: Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance to development of main ideas or themes.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Realizing the Power of Your Own Creativity [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, students interpret a poem called 'The Little Blue Engine' by adding music, movement, visual art, and drama. After performing their creation, they will discuss any mathematical and/or scientific connections that have...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Personal Storytelling With Accordion Books [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, young scholars use the structure of an accordion book to identify parts of an essay: introduction, three supporting details, and conclusion. They then compose a personal story using events from the past school year...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Story Elements Retelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
In this lesson plan, learners will learn to retell a story using story elements to improve their comprehension of the story. The students will actively listen to a story and complete a graphic organizer to share and discuss with a partner.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Listen, Look, and Learn: An Information Gathering Process

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This lesson models an information-gathering process for primary learners as they listen to and look at resources, seeking information pertinent to the questions on an information wheel. Guiding the listening, looking, and learning...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Lafs.2.sl.2.5

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Choose from a variety of courses, lesson plans, and resources aligned to the Common Core standard of creating audio recordings of stories or poems.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A collection of videos, articles for parents and for teachers, teaching strategies, webcasts for teachers, and research briefs on helping children develop their writing skills.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Producing Multimedia Products in Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students, working individually or in groups, will combine two or more media elements to produce projects or presentations. Various elements the teacher and students will consider using are text, digital cameras, scanners,...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Telling It the Digital Way

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
During this lesson students design, develop, produce, and present a five-minute biographical video highlighting the life of a famous sports spectacular stand-out such as baseball's great Babe Ruth. Downloadable rubrics are provided.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Picturing Parts of Speech

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
For this lesson students use digital cameras to take pictures which illustrate various parts of speech, then insert the pictures into a digital slideshow presentation and write sentences about the pictures.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Read Well Letter Chant Podcast

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson guides students through creating a Podcast that provides video and audio of the Read Well Letter Chant. Students take pictures of the cards and record the chant to go along with the cards.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Savvy Story Structure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson, students learn to actively engage in reading by becoming more familiar with the elements of a story. Students will be required to think at a higher level and will enhance their understanding of selected passages and...