How To Write a Story Grades 1-3

How to Write a Story, includes:

• Setting the Stage for Writing-reading to your class, word walls, story walls
• Teaching the Parts of a Story
• Step-by-Step Writing Units

Story Writing Ideas:

• retell a fairy tale
• a pattern story
• a circle story
• a sequence-and-write story

A Story Writing Center: directions, forms, and patterns for 5 story-writing centers

• Who, What, Where, When
• Start with a Picture
• Story Starters
• Story Parts
• Train Tales—each train car represents a different part of the story

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.