Using RL.3.5 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza.

Using Sequencing Events Organizer Worksheet, students use the planner to write your own story or to write 5 events from a story in order.

The Who's Talking Now Worksheet gives 4th graders three short stories about one windy morning, told by three different narrators, plus an answer key for quick checking of point of view work.

Using this Finding Story Elements Activity, students help three superheroes defeat the evil villain Story Weaver and crack the code in a story. Use the boxes on the next pages to help them do their job!

Using this Character Comparison Activity, students compare and contrast two characters using specific details in the text.

Using Looking at the Character's Viewpoints Activity, students acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters to gain a different perspective.

Using Miss Rumphius Point of View Worksheet, students read Miss Rumphius by Barbara Clooney to determine who says the lines from the story.

Using Point of View Activity, students identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

Using Story Elements Organizing What You Read Activity, students use activity worksheets and graphic organizers to describe the characters, setting and events.

Using Key Details in a Text Activity, students ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Using Spin and Answer Story Elements Activity, studentsdescribe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Using this RL.1.1 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students answer questions aboutkey details in a fiction text.

Using RL.2.3 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Using RL.4.3 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

Using Animal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity, students read animal myths to explain how an author uses evidence to support points in a text.

Using Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity, students read both firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event to describe the differences in the information provided.

Using My Point of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Using this Question Cards for Reading Books Activity, students answer questions aboutkey details in a text.

Using the Asking Questions Activity, students actively engage in group reading activities to discuss purpose and understanding after shared reading.

Using this RI.K.1 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students answer questions aboutkey details in a text.