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Standard Indicator
K.7.5
Story Market
Purpose
Students will begin to tell an experience or story in a logical sequence.
connecting
across the
curriculum
Materials
For the teacher: story such as Because of a Sneeze by Bernice Myers,
chalk, chalkboard, hole punch
For the students: copies of Black Line Master (BLM) Story Frames,
cardstock, yarn
Activity
A. Pre-Activity Discussion
1. Read Because of a Sneeze.
2. Go through the story a second time and review all of the events
that happened because of the sneeze.
B. Storytelling
1. Start a new story of your own as a group.
2. Give the students a starting sentence referring to something that
is happening today (e.g., “Because it was raining this morning...”).
3. Take several suggestions on how to finish the sentence. Write
the selected sentence on the board, and draw a picture illustrating
it (e.g., “Because it was raining this morning, I had to wear
my boots.”).
4. Start the next sentence with “because” and the end of the first
sentence (e.g., “Because I had to wear my boots...”).
5. Finish the story after five or six steps and see if the students
can remember everything that happened. Direct students to use
the pictures on the board to remember.
Science
Talk about events that
cause other events to
happen. Experiment
with a teeter-totter or
door lock.
incorporating
TECHNOLOGY
During computer time,
find and use an
interactive story program
such as the interactive
Clifford stories at
www.scholastic.com.
Read the choices
together and see what
happens when students
choose an answer.
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C. Story Frames
1. Cut the copies of the BLM Story Frames in two, and distribute
pieces of paper with four story frames on each to students.
2. Have students draw pictures that tell a story. Give them some
possible story ideas to get started.
3. Glue the finished strips onto the cardstock backing. Punch holes
and string yarn to make a placard that goes around each
student’s neck.
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Activity (continued)
D. Closing the Activity
Have a story market. Have students walk through the room and
trade stories, using pictures to remember, tell, and illustrate
their stories.
Questions for Review
Basic Concepts and Processes
Can you tell about something that happened today?
Why do you think that happened?
What happened after that?
How did it all end?
Standard 7
Why do you think it ended that way?
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Story Frames
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Story Frames
Teacher Directions
Enlarge the BLM Story Frames so that students may paste pictures or create their own drawings
within the story frames to illustrate their stories for the story market. Make copies of the
enlarged frames, and cut the BLM Story Frames in half so each page has four story frames.
Distribute a page of four story frames to each student.
Answer Key
Not applicable.
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