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Students learn the parts of a story and how to organize their ideas with story-planning forms. Tailor lessons to students’ individual needs by presenting three options for how to address each writing topic: group writing, guided writing, or independent writing. Read more below
EMC: 799
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Grades 4-6 Grades 1-3

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Teacher Resource, Print

EMC Number: 799

Page Count: 96

EAN: 9781557998019

Give your students the structured practice they need to write interesting short stories, along with the creative inspiration that makes writing fun!

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 and reproducible student pages.

Additional Resources
Name Description
Series How to Write A Story
Grade Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Format Book

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