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3rd Grade Story Elements Resources

48 resources

3rd Grade Story Elements Resources

48 resources

Activity
Activity3rd GradeFeeling Words Activity

This feeling words activity has 1st to 3rd graders read a story, match clue cards to feeling words, and practice naming how characters feel. An answer key is included.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeDetermining Theme Graphic Organizers Activity

This determining theme graphic organizers activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students find the lesson in a story, a play and a poem, then practice with fables. Answer key included.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeIdentifying Literary Elements Activity

This identifying literary elements activity has students sort 16 element cards into poem, drama, and prose. Made for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeCharacter Setting Plot Activity

This character setting plot activity has 1st to 3rd graders read a short story, sort story cards by element, and order the plot. Answer key included for quick checking.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeWhat's the Moral of the Story Activity

This what's the moral of the story activity helps 2nd and 3rd graders read short fables, retell them, and match each one to its lesson. Answer key included for quick checking.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeMorning Routine Sequence Worksheet

A Morning Routine Sequence Worksheet that has 3rd Grade readers number six mixed-up morning events and prove the order with words from the text. Answer key included for fast, no-prep sequencing practice.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeMiss Rumphius Point of View Worksheet

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

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeMajor and Minor Character Graphic Organizer

This major and minor character graphic organizer helps 3rd graders describe two characters from any book, including how each one looks, acts, and gets along with others.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeQuestions Details and Setting Graphic Organizer Worksheet

This Questions Details and Setting Graphic Organizer Worksheet gives 3rd graders a short story plus four boxes for details, place, time, and their own questions. An answer key is included, so comprehension practice takes no prep.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeSequencing Events Organizer Worksheet

This sequencing events organizer worksheet gives 3rd grade students five Beginning, Middle and End sections to plan or retell a story in order using time-order words.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeCharacters Sketch Activity

Using Characters Sketch Activity, students describe in depth a character,setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeHow Does The Character Respond Activity

This how does the character respond activity for 1st to 3rd grade pairs a read-aloud story with a match game and a reusable organizer. Answer key included.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeKey Details for Comprehension Activity

Use this key details for comprehension activity with Kindergarten to 3rd grade readers to find characters, setting, problem and solution in a story. Answer key included, so checking work is quick.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeFinding Story Elements Activity

This finding story elements activity has 3rd to 5th grade partners compare two short stories and sort ten Story Cards as mostly similar or mostly different. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeFantasy and Realism Story Elements Graphic Organizer

This fantasy and realism story elements worksheet has 3rd graders sort characters, settings and events into make-believe or real, then label story sentences. An answer key is included for quick checking.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeStory Elements Graphic Organizer

This story elements graphic organizer worksheet gives 3rd grade readers one page for the characters, setting, problem and solution of any book they choose, with room to write a real sentence in each box.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeMy Point of View Activity

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

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson3rd GradeRL.3.1 Third Grade Common Core Lesson

Using this RL.3.1 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students answer questions aboutkey details in a fiction text.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeLooking at the Character's Viewpoints Activity

Use this looking at the character's viewpoints activity with 2nd and 3rd grade readers. Students sort story lines by character and map their feelings; an answer key is included.

Activity
Activity3rd GradePoint of View Activity

This point of view activity has 1st-4th grade students hold up Character or Narrator signs to show who is telling each scene. Fold-over cards check the clue words, and an answer key is included.