Story Elements!

Every story needs a few things in order to be complete. Without these elements we would not have a story! They are:

Genre	The type of story or literary work.
Author	The person who writes the story.
Illustrator	The artist who draws the pictures.
Title	The name of a book, poem, story or song.
Main character	The most important person or animal in the story.
Secondary characters	They support or help the main characters.
Setting time	When the story happens (past, present, future).
Setting place	Where the story happens.
Plot	The sequence of events that take place in the story. Also known as the beginning, middle and end of a story.
Problem	The situation that happens in the story.
Solution	How the problem is fixed.

Whenever you read a story try to identify each of the story elements. This will help you understand what you are reading!

Use a graphic organizer to make notes as you read.

Get your graphic organizer here!

This website has great short stories for you to practice! Feel free to check it out! Click on the link to go there.

xoxo

Miss E.

Punctuation Practice & Bonus Review of Capital Letters

Here's a fun little game for you to practice punctuation marks and capital letters! It's called Alien Punctuation. You can choose what level you want to play, from medium, to hard, to really hard! Try starting on the first level and then work your way up. 
When you're done playing you can even print out a worksheet for extra practice!

Click on the link below to play.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/using_punctuation/play/

Hope you have a blast playing!

xoxo,
Miss E.

Let's have some fun!

This week we will be learning all about sentences, punctuation marks, subjects & predicates...basically everything we need to know to become great writers! In the mean time, how about you try out your skills at building sentences with this awesome game from primarygames.com! Just click on the link below to get started!

http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/simplesentences/ 

(Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player so the game can work properly.)

See you Monday!

xoxo,
Miss E.

First week done!

And it was a good one! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did! I'm so excited for what this year will bring and all of the things we'll be able to do! Have a great weekend and I'll see you all on Monday!

xoxo,
Miss E.