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Story Starters
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| Subjects: Arts & Humanities: Language Arts |
| Grades: Pre-K, K-2 |
Brief Description
Students dictate or write stories in response to 15 story starters designed to develop language skills.
Objectives
Students
- respond to a story starters about a dinosaur, present, pet store, puppy or another topic of interest to primary-grade students.
Keywords
story starter, language, dictation, dinosaur, pet
Materials Needed
- printable work sheets from the Web site referenced in the Lesson Plan section below
Lesson Plan
Each of the story starters at the Language Development site contains an illustration, the first few words of a story, and space for writing an ending. These story starters can be found at Language Activities, 3-5 Years.
Editor's Note: The link above is not currently working (07/10/2008). We will continue to check it in the months ahead to be certain it does not come back to life. For now, here are some additional resources that might prove helpful to you.
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Goodnight Stories
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Assessment
Students will share their stories with their classmates.
Lesson Plan Source
Early Childhood Development Guide and Activities
National Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS
Click here to return to the Writing lesson plan page.
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills
Last updated 05/25/2009
