Story activities

Get your students reading and writing this summer with these fun and engaging enrichment activities for elementary grades.

Storytelling is a wonderful way to build creativity and imagination in your students. How can storytelling activities be beneficial in the classroom? There are so many ways! inspires purposeful talkingraises enthusiasm for reading textsinitiates writingenhances communityimproves writingengages students Want to see how each of these activities work? Watch the Storytelling Activities video on my YouTube

Story elements are the five components that make up a story. They are the characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. These elements keep the story running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow. Retelling involves students orally reconstructing a story that they have read or has been read to them. A student's retell should include characters, settings, and events in the logical sequence of the story.

How to create a retell literacy center in kindergarten. Plus a list of 20 famous stories and retell props (with printables) to complete this center.

The Rainbow Fish Play Dough Activity is a great follow on activity to extend the learning and understanding of the story.

One of the things I love doing with my younger children is reading picture books and doing story-related activities with them to bring the story to life and create fun memories. We have enjoyed doing

Engage your kindergarten students in core retell practice with fun activities, crafts and this FREE retelling sign.

Find a free story spinner and ideas for a language based oral story telling lesson over on our blog post. Young students who cannot write yet can begin the writing journey with you, by helping to tell a collaborative class story. Have fun and be creative!

This is a great way to help children with retelling a story. It builds comprehension, sequencing and it is fun! It is simple – on a long piece of bulletin board paper – draw a winding path. At the beginning of the path, draw a visual clue of the first event. I did this Storytelling […]

Story stones are a favorite in our home! I've perfected a simple way to make them, so we have a TON of them laying around the house. We use them in many