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Description
These story structure task cards (story elements) are focused on the elements of fiction: characters, setting, and plot. Students will identify the parts of a story in a multiple-choice format. They are perfect when you want to have interventions for students learning to summarize, cite text evidence, or simply when learning story structure.
The questions and texts increase in complexity and difficulty from set 1 to set 3. This story elements task card bundle includes:
- Story Structure Task Cards 1 (Grades 2-3)
- Story Structure Task Cards 2 (Grades 2-4)
- Story Structure Task Cards 3 (Grades 2-4)
- 36 Task Cards
- Identifying Elements of Fiction
- Basic Inferences
- Character, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Introduction, Author's Purpose
Skills and Standards Alignment
- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
- Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
- Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
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⚫ Summarizing
Summarizing Task Cards #1 - Realistic Fiction and Fantasy
Summarizing Task Cards #2 - Realistic Fiction
Summarizing Task Cards #3 - Realistic Fiction and Fantasy
Summarizing Task Cards #4 - Informational
Summarizing Task Cards #5 - Informational
Summarizing Task Cards #6 - Informational
⚫ Sequencing
Sequencing Task Cards - Ellen Ochoa
Sequencing Task Cards #2 - Helen Keller
Sequencing Task Cards #3 - Mary Kay Ash
⚫ Drawing Conclusions
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #1 STAAR Prep
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #2 Harriet Tubman
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #3 Informational Texts
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #4 Properties of Matter
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #5 Matter
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #6 Energy
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #7 Rosa Parks
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #8 Martin Luther King Jr.
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #9 Jackie Robison
⚫ Making Inferences
Making Inferences Task Cards 1 (STAAR)
Making Inferences Task Cards 2 (STAAR)
Making Inferences Task Cards 3 (STAAR)
Making Inferences Task Cards 4 (STAAR)
Making Inferences Task Cards 5 (Character Analysis)
Making Inferences Task Cards 6 (STAAR Informational)
Making Inferences Task Cards 7 (Character Analysis)
Making Inferences Task Cards 8 (STAAR Literary Nonfiction)
Making Inferences Task Cards 9 (Figurative Language)
⚫ Informational Text Features
Informational Text Features Task Cards 1
Informational Text Features Task Cards 2
Informational Text Features Task Cards 3
⚫ STAAR Daily Warm Ups
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #1
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #2
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #3
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #4
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 4th Grade #1
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 4th Grade #2
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 5th-6th Grade #1
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 5th-6th Grade #2
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 6th Grade #3
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 8th Grade #1
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What others say
Description
These story structure task cards (story elements) are focused on the elements of fiction: characters, setting, and plot. Students will identify the parts of a story in a multiple-choice format. They are perfect when you want to have interventions for students learning to summarize, cite text evidence, or simply when learning story structure.
The questions and texts increase in complexity and difficulty from set 1 to set 3. This story elements task card bundle includes:
- Story Structure Task Cards 1 (Grades 2-3)
- Story Structure Task Cards 2 (Grades 2-4)
- Story Structure Task Cards 3 (Grades 2-4)
- 36 Task Cards
- Identifying Elements of Fiction
- Basic Inferences
- Character, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Introduction, Author's Purpose
Skills and Standards Alignment
- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
- Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
- Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
More Great Reading Resources
⚫ Summarizing
Summarizing Task Cards #1 - Realistic Fiction and Fantasy
Summarizing Task Cards #2 - Realistic Fiction
Summarizing Task Cards #3 - Realistic Fiction and Fantasy
Summarizing Task Cards #4 - Informational
Summarizing Task Cards #5 - Informational
Summarizing Task Cards #6 - Informational
⚫ Sequencing
Sequencing Task Cards - Ellen Ochoa
Sequencing Task Cards #2 - Helen Keller
Sequencing Task Cards #3 - Mary Kay Ash
⚫ Drawing Conclusions
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #1 STAAR Prep
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #2 Harriet Tubman
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #3 Informational Texts
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #4 Properties of Matter
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #5 Matter
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #6 Energy
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #7 Rosa Parks
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #8 Martin Luther King Jr.
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #9 Jackie Robison
⚫ Making Inferences
Making Inferences Task Cards 1 (STAAR)
Making Inferences Task Cards 2 (STAAR)
Making Inferences Task Cards 3 (STAAR)
Making Inferences Task Cards 4 (STAAR)
Making Inferences Task Cards 5 (Character Analysis)
Making Inferences Task Cards 6 (STAAR Informational)
Making Inferences Task Cards 7 (Character Analysis)
Making Inferences Task Cards 8 (STAAR Literary Nonfiction)
Making Inferences Task Cards 9 (Figurative Language)
⚫ Informational Text Features
Informational Text Features Task Cards 1
Informational Text Features Task Cards 2
Informational Text Features Task Cards 3
⚫ STAAR Daily Warm Ups
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #1
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #2
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #3
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #4
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 4th Grade #1
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 4th Grade #2
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 5th-6th Grade #1
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 5th-6th Grade #2
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 6th Grade #3
STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 8th Grade #1
_____________________________
Copyright 2018, TeamTom Education, LLC.
All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
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We're delighted this was a wonderful resource for learning story structure, and that your students loved working with them in small groups! Thank you for sharing.
We're thrilled this was a great resource and that your students loved the activity! Thank you!




