![]() ![]() But these are not random chunks-these are structures. While this will result in a sparse retell, the goal is to work with narrative in manageable chunks. first…, then…, and finally…) to represent and organize the beginning, middle, and end. You might teach them to tell a story by using transition words ( e.g. In my experience, the best way to teach narrative to young children is to help them identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. ![]() When we teach children how to tell stories, we teach them to become better communicators. Still, storytelling is a skill and even at its most basic levels, it can be a challenge for some children to learn. Story is also a tool to help us understand the events of our lives more coherently. Either way, story sharing is a way we connect with one another. A story can be poignant, like when we share a meaningful moment from life, or it can be more ordinary, like when we tell someone about a great movie. Stories are an important form of communication. We’d like to share those worksheets with those of you who are trying to teach story structure to your students or children. I created some worksheets with my colleague, JaNeal Freeman, that really helped these students retell stories with more confidence and accuracy. There were several students who struggled to know how to organize a story in such a way that they could retell it and have it make sense. Every week I listened to children read and then retell a story. This past year I had the opportunity to volunteer in my daughter’s 2nd grade classroom. I hope you enjoy this post and find it useful in helping you teach story structure to your little ones. Collaborating with her over the past few years has been a real joy for me. Her stories are clever and creative and sure to delight both the young reader and their reading helpers. I am so grateful she has shared her talents with all of us through her writing. She is the author of all the stories in our iPad app, Little Stories ( Lite and Pro). She is a gifted writer with a brilliant mind. I have learned so much from her over the past few years about stories. While it was written from my perspective, it was a combined effort with my colleague and dear friend JaNeal Freeman. I’m excited to share this post with you on how to teach Story Structure to children. ![]()
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