Spin and Answer Story Elements Activity
This spin and answer story elements activity helps Preschool to 1st grade children find characters, setting, problem and solution with a spinner and picture cards. Answer key included.
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Description
Every good story has four main parts: the characters, the setting, the problem and the solution. This spin and answer story elements activity helps young readers find each part after a read-aloud. Children spin a simple paper-clip spinner, name the story part it lands on, and search for the picture card that shows it.
The spin and answer story elements activity is made for Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st grade. Start by reading the included story, Bear and Duck at the Pond. Then children take turns spinning. When the spinner lands on Problem, for example, the child finds the lost ball card and places it on the Problem box of the story parts mat. Three cards are not in the story at all, so children must listen closely and think before they sort.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover page
- A How to Use page with prep tips and steps
- A read-aloud story: Bear and Duck at the Pond
- A four-part story spinner and a story parts mat
- 9 picture cards (6 story parts and 3 that are not in the story)
- A Kindergarten practice worksheet with a new read-aloud story
- A game answer key and a practice worksheet answer key
Why Kids Love This Story Elements Game
First, spinning the paper clip turns a reading lesson into a game children ask to play again. Second, picture cards let even pre-readers show what they understood from a story. Third, sorting cards onto the mat builds the habit of thinking about who, where, what went wrong and how it was fixed, which is the base of reading comprehension.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use the activity in a small reading group, a listening center, or right after story time. Once children know the game, read a favorite picture book and let them draw their own cards for each story part. At home, play after a bedtime story and ask your child to spin and answer. Older students can retell the whole story using the cards in order.
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