Teaching plot 3rd

These 9 fun and engaging ideas for teaching plot structure helped my 3rd graders understand how the story elements and events influence each other and the plot. Numbers 4 & 5 made the biggest difference! Be sure to grab the 2 FREEBIES!

I love using picture books to teach plot. Here are four of my favorites that I use when it comes to teaching about plot.

Download my FREE Reference Guide here! Happy Monday, Friends! I'm back with another list of my favorite picture books to teach certain skills and this time we are focusing on PLOT. Be sure and check out my post about picture books to teach THEME and download the free reference guide for that skill here. Now,

I love to read in my class. It is just something that brings so much joy to so many, that I feel like it needs a place of honor in my room. And while we do read our fair share of nonfiction, where I find myself (and my students) drawn to is the fiction stories. They are just so full of awesomeness that I can't help myself. With those great reads comes great lessons. Books (in general) have a beginning, middle, and end. They start with introductions, take the reader through many different…

Digital anchor chart for plot structure! Now available in color AND black and white!Terms of use:You may use this in your classroom or digitally with your students. You may NOT resell these products as your own or use these products for commercial use.Backgrounds from: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Alina-V-Design-And-Resources and https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lovin-LitFonts from: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Amy-Groesbeck

Plot is not my favorite thing to teach, or it hasn’t been in the past. However, that changed this week. I think I never liked teaching it because I felt I didn’t have a solid, engaging way of teaching the concept. Now, I have a great way of teaching it! The kids loved it, I […]

Teaching upper elementary kids to identify the theme can be tricky! Not only do students need to have a strong comprehension of the story's elements (like plot, setting, and characters), but they also have to be able to make inferences about the author's message from the passage. Find lots of ideas and activities to make your theme lessons more effective in this post. #3rdgradetheme #4thgradetheme #5thgradetheme #3rdgradecentralmessage #3rdgradereading #4thgradereading #5thgradereading

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I love teaching the Elements of Literature! I think it's vital to students understanding what it takes to make a good story (long or short) so they are able to add it to their own stories. Today we expanded from Monday's foldable for PLOT. See the EofLit foldable. We created a page for the basic steps of PLOT: PLOT: sequence of events, cause/effect, conflict, relationships. *the storyline* EXPOSITION: meet the characters; learn about the setting (time & place; where/when); conflict/problem…