Sequencing in Fiction Texts Lesson Plans

Sub Plans for Third Grade

Planning for a substitute in the classroom has never been easier than with this third grade, week-long sub packet! Your substitute can supercharge learning with lessons about how we are all connected that will educate and inspire students!

3rd grade

Math

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Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension

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Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension

This lesson provides teachers with an opportunity to teach students about reading stamina and assess student comprehension during independent reading.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Write Your Own Ending

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Write Your Own Ending

Get your students’ creative juices flowing with this fun creative writing lesson! Students will read a fun story and then write their own ending.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Interesting Introductions

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Interesting Introductions

Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Story Mapping Group Work

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Story Mapping Group Work

Use this story map and your choice of short fiction passages to develop your students’ reading comprehension skills with this group reading lesson.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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The Paper Bag Princess

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The Paper Bag Princess

In this lesson, students will practice listening comprehension skills after reading “The Paper Bag Princess” together as a class. Afterward, students will role-play, make inferences, and use summarization to strengthen literacy skills.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Create Your Own Story

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Create Your Own Story

Provide your ELs with extra practice using transition words to create a story. This activity can be used as a stand alone or a support lesson.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Story Structure Rollercoaster

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Story Structure Rollercoaster

Reading can be a rollercoaster with its ups and downs! Use this lesson that features a rollercoaster-themed story map to teach your students about story structure and how to use a graphic organizer to visualize it.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Exploring Sequence with Signal Words

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Exploring Sequence with Signal Words

Use this lesson to teach your students how to retell the beginning, middle, and end of a story using sequencing words and phrases. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the *Story Structure Rollercoaster* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Sequencing: Order in the Court!

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Sequencing: Order in the Court!

This lesson gives students the chance to demonstrate and reinforce their knowledge of sequencing. Have them role play a fantasy text to practice sequencing!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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What Happened?

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What Happened?

Help your students' story telling abilities grow with this lesson that helps them recount what happened in a story and has them point out key details.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Learn Story Elements

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Learn Story Elements

Through this lesson, your students will use academic vocabulary to discuss character traits, author's purpose, and the sequence of events in a story.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Craft Stick Story Elements

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Craft Stick Story Elements

This comprehensive overview of story elements will definitely leave students with a better understanding of author's purpose, character traits, sequence, and main idea. It features the acclaimed Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Describe Character Actions in Order

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Describe Character Actions in Order

Use this lesson to teach your students to describe the characters' actions using the basic sentence structure of subject + verb + object. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the *How Do You Solve a Problem?* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Flower Garden: Literacy

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Flower Garden: Literacy

How does your garden grow? In this lesson, students will practice listening comprehension, vocabulary, and story sequencing. This hands-on art and literacy lesson is perfect for Earth Day, or any nature unit.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

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Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

In honor of Chinese New Year, share with your students a famous Chinese story called *The Monkey King*. Students will practice their comprehension skills as they retell the story, identifying what happens in the beginning, middle, and end.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

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Multimedia Elements of Fiction: Beginning to End

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Multimedia Elements of Fiction: Beginning to End

Graphic novels, animated stories, and storytelling videos pop with enhanced meaning, tone and beauty. Use this lesson plan with a mentor text to teach your students to note how such features contribute to the reader’s experience.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Bun Bun Button Character Traits

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Bun Bun Button Character Traits

In this lesson, you will read the heartwarming story of Bun Bun Button by Patricia Polacco to your class. Students will then use their own reading skills to describe the two main characters in the story.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Independent Study: Third Grade

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Independent Study: Third Grade

Use the fun and simple Third Grade Independent Study Packet to help learners keep their skills fresh and flourishing. Support students who may be away from school for a variety of reasons—whether it's home hospital, snow days, hurricane days, or a holiday break—and give them the opportunity to practice and strengthen their grade-level skills.

3rd grade

Math

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Sequencing in Fiction Texts Lesson Plans