Rosie Revere Engineer

This is another lesson on narrative skills, using a story about a little girl who gives up the thing she loves when she encounters a failure. There is also a challenge at the end to use as a learning extension by posting a TinyTap creation made by the students. Updated 11/16/15 to improve sentence construction page. #narrative skills

Stone Soup

This is a literacy lesson to go with Marcia Brown's version of Stone Soup. Appropriate for common core curriculum standards for answering story comprehension questions, identifying story details, vocabulary development, and even retelling the story if you use the sequencing pictures in that way. Enjoy! #narrative skills

Juice Box Bully

Narrative skills lesson for The Juice Box Bully, this story encourages students to take a proactive stand against bullying. Extension activity at the end for students to use TinyTap to share their past experience with bullying. #narrative skills

Take A Mouse To School

Explore or reinforce knowledge of narrative elements with these activities for Laura Numeroff's book "If You Take A Mouse To School". Appropriate for common core ELA standards for understanding story elements, answering questions about story details, and even retelling the story with the sequencing pictures. #narrative skills

The Big Potato

Another lesson on story elements, so important to comprehension! This one is based on "Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato" by Tomie DePaola. Includes some mention of character traits and a follow-up project. Happy St. Patrick' Day! #narrative skills #St.Patrick'sDay #Irish #leprechaun Updated 12/28/18 to add story link

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

This interactive lesson for narrative skills is based on the classic Aesop's fable. The version by J.B. Hennessy is included in a link to the story being read by the author. Identify story elements, categorize vocabulary, sequence story events, retell story, and let your students choose a follow-up project to do. Great for centers or homework. Updated Jan 13, 2019 to fix video bug.#honesty

The Gingerbread Man

Narrative lesson for the children's classic story of The Gingerbread Man. Sequencing pictures can be used to retell the story. #story elements #narrative skills #Christmas

Its Not Easy Being A Bunny

Another narrative lesson for another great book, It's Not Easy Being a Bunny. Also targets expressing cause-effect relationships using BECAUSE. Best for Kdg through 3rd grade. #narrative skills #story elements #Easter #spring

Turk & Runt Narrative Skills

This companion activity for the story Turk and Runt addresses narrative skills, including identifying story elements, sequencing events, connecting words, and story retelling. Based on the Braidy the Story Braid program from www.mindwingconcepts.com #vocabulary #literacy

Room on the Broom Literacy Activity

Early literacy activities to accompany the book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. Includes vocabulary intro, fact/fiction, characters, sequencing, sound blending, rhyming. Link to story on video (requires internet access).