Spotlight on Strategies
Story Elements
Why is it important for kindergarten students to identify the characters, settings and main events of stories?
It is important for kindergarten students to understand the importance of the different story elements so they can apply that knowledge when they are reading on their own. It is gives students better comprehension of the story. Providing activities and strategies on how to identify these elements are very beneficial for students.
Teacher Vision states that, "Discerning the way reading material is organized is important to comprehension. According to Dickson, et al. (1998), teaching narrative text organization, using characters, a setting, problems, solutions to the problems, and so on, gives students a frame of reference for processing and storing information. Irvin (1998) identifies "awareness of text structures" as an important metacognitive skill."
Teacher Vision states that, "Discerning the way reading material is organized is important to comprehension. According to Dickson, et al. (1998), teaching narrative text organization, using characters, a setting, problems, solutions to the problems, and so on, gives students a frame of reference for processing and storing information. Irvin (1998) identifies "awareness of text structures" as an important metacognitive skill."
Example: Humpty Dumpty and The Gingerbread Man
Read aloud and watch Humpty Dumpty to students here. On chart paper Identify the main character of the rhyme and the setting. Have students describe Humpty Dumpty and draw an illustration of Humpty and the setting. Collaboratively, complete sequencing activity about Humpty. Sequencing Humpty Dumpty
Talk about the importance of each event in the rhyme, the setting, and the character.
Read aloud the story, "The Gingerbread man". Do a think aloud throughout the story by stopping throughout the story at important events and modeling your thinking. Complete an online story map about the character, setting and events at readwritethink. You can purchase printables retelling activities and story elements here.
Talk about the importance of each event in the rhyme, the setting, and the character.
Read aloud the story, "The Gingerbread man". Do a think aloud throughout the story by stopping throughout the story at important events and modeling your thinking. Complete an online story map about the character, setting and events at readwritethink. You can purchase printables retelling activities and story elements here.
Challenge
STANDARDS
Standard - CC.1.3.K.C
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
Citations and Credits
kid picture www.kusi.com
Teacher Vison https://www.teachervision.com/skill-builder/reading-comprehension/48783.html
gingerbread picture http://www.amazon.com/The-Gingerbread-Easy-Read-Folktales/dp/0590410563
gingerbread baby picture book http://www.amazon.com/Gingerbread-Baby-Jan-Brett/dp/0399241663
Teacher Vison https://www.teachervision.com/skill-builder/reading-comprehension/48783.html
gingerbread picture http://www.amazon.com/The-Gingerbread-Easy-Read-Folktales/dp/0590410563
gingerbread baby picture book http://www.amazon.com/Gingerbread-Baby-Jan-Brett/dp/0399241663