Story Elements

Enrichment, Reading, Story Elements

Dialogue, Dinosaurs, and the Adele of the PreSchool Crowd

We are the Dinosaurs Marching, Marching! We are the dinosaurs! Whaddya think of that? If you have little kids or teach little kids, chances are you sang that catchy tune just like I did! If you’re already a Laurie Berkner fan, you’re in for a treat today, and if you’re not, than you need to immediately head over to her…

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Character, Reading, Story Elements

Character Traits Part 2

  Welcome to part two of my {character traits} posts!  Today I’m going to share our daily anchor charts and some students’ work. Watch the Facebook live video about this topic here. {Click here} to check out part one and grab a character trait freebie! We focused on external traits- ones you can SEE on the outside, and internal traits- made up of…

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Character, Reading, Story Elements

Quite a Character: Teaching Character Traits

  Understanding characters is an essential part of reading comprehension, so today I’m going to share part one in a two part post on how to teach character traits. Watch the Facebook live video about this topic here. (Click here to skip to part two.) Like many lessons, I start with a hook. I ask my students to partner up…

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