These 9 fun and engaging ideas for teaching plot structure helped my 3rd graders understand how the story elements and events influence each other and the plot. Numbers 4 & 5 made the biggest difference! Be sure to grab the 2 FREEBIES!

I love using picture books to teach plot. Here are four of my favorites that I use when it comes to teaching about plot.

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Understanding story structure isn’t something that comes naturally to students. Understanding story structure is a key component of reading comprehension, so you better believe I hit this one hard with my students. I am so excited to share with you the process I use for teaching story structure using ANY fiction story with a plot. With some or all of these engaging activities, you and your students will become story structure experts!

9 likes, 1 comments - juliesclassroomstories on March 30, 2022: "Are you looking for a quick way to appeal to your kinesthetic learners? How about a flexible method to get students discussing, collaborating, and reviewing plot in an engaging way? ... In this quick video tutorial, I'll share several tips for implementing and conducting an interactive plot review activity -- the human plot puzzle!! ... #teachingreading #literatureteacher #teacher #teachingstrategies #teachingtips…

Teaching plot with a picture book- with a FREE printable!!

With these fun cut-out plot action cards, students will organize the sentences in the correct order to form a short story. Great for 1st - 3rd grade.

The Plot Chickens is about Henrietta, a writing chicken who uses the book Writing Rules to explain story elements and her story writing process with her chicken aunts and...

We are working on story elements this week and I wanted to share a little freebie I created to help your students map the elements. It's nothing spectacular, but it works! Just click the image to down

Teaching plot to 4th & 5th grade students is an important lesson that will help students to understand as they read fiction stories. Discover 5 engaging and fun ways to teach plot in your upper elementary classroom.