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Storytelling Activities for 3rd-5th Grade at Home

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Grades 3 - 5

5 Hours 15 Minutes

Overview

This Playlist invites students to create, read, and share stories in small groups or at home.

Story Circle (Grades 3-5)

Story Circle (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Student groups take turns telling a collaborative story. This activity builds communication, collaboration, and creative thinking skills.

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People + Places = Story

People + Places = Story

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students use online photos as prompts to write a story with a partner. First, they access the links in the included resource sheet to look at photos of people and places, choosing 1 place and at least 1 of the people as the setting and character(s). Then, they write their story, incorporating these elements. Finally, students reconvene as a whole group to read and discuss their work.

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Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Each student makes an animal page for a group book. This activity builds research, cooperative learning, and organization skills.

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Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students will work in pairs to choose a meaningful and memorable scene from literature and then work together to improvise a 2-person dramatic scene based on their selection. This activity will help students develop key skills in collaborative critical thinking and creative problem-solving, and improve literacy skills and motivation for reading.

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Guess the Character (Grades 3-5)

Guess the Character (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students guess commonly known characters from books, TV, and movies from clues given by other students.

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Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students experience ways to dramatize any story and increase their fluency and enjoyment by presenting “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Anderson in a reader's theater format.

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Create Your Own Ending

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Create Your Own Ending

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this creative and imaginative activity, students will be reading a story together, pausing before the ending, and writing their own of the story. Then, students will hear the author's ending of the story.

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Story Circle (Grades 3-5)

Story Circle (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Student groups take turns telling a collaborative story. This activity builds communication, collaboration, and creative thinking skills.

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People + Places = Story

People + Places = Story

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students use online photos as prompts to write a story with a partner. First, they access the links in the included resource sheet to look at photos of people and places, choosing 1 place and at least 1 of the people as the setting and character(s). Then, they write their story, incorporating these elements. Finally, students reconvene as a whole group to read and discuss their work.

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Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Each student makes an animal page for a group book. This activity builds research, cooperative learning, and organization skills.

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Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students will work in pairs to choose a meaningful and memorable scene from literature and then work together to improvise a 2-person dramatic scene based on their selection. This activity will help students develop key skills in collaborative critical thinking and creative problem-solving, and improve literacy skills and motivation for reading.

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Guess the Character (Grades 3-5)

Guess the Character (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students guess commonly known characters from books, TV, and movies from clues given by other students.

Discover Activity

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students experience ways to dramatize any story and increase their fluency and enjoyment by presenting “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Anderson in a reader's theater format.

Discover Activity

Create Your Own Ending

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Create Your Own Ending

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this creative and imaginative activity, students will be reading a story together, pausing before the ending, and writing their own of the story. Then, students will hear the author's ending of the story.

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Storytelling Activities for 3rd-5th Grade at Home

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Storytelling Activities for 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Grades 3 - 5

5 Hours 15 Minutes

Overview

Story Circle (Grades 3-5)

Story Circle (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Student groups take turns telling a collaborative story. This activity builds communication, collaboration, and creative thinking skills.

Discover Activity

People + Places = Story

People + Places = Story

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students use online photos as prompts to write a story with a partner. First, they access the links in the included resource sheet to look at photos of people and places, choosing 1 place and at least 1 of the people as the setting and character(s). Then, they write their story, incorporating these elements. Finally, students reconvene as a whole group to read and discuss their work.

Discover Activity

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Each student makes an animal page for a group book. This activity builds research, cooperative learning, and organization skills.

Discover Activity

Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students will work in pairs to choose a meaningful and memorable scene from literature and then work together to improvise a 2-person dramatic scene based on their selection. This activity will help students develop key skills in collaborative critical thinking and creative problem-solving, and improve literacy skills and motivation for reading.

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Guess the Character (Grades 3-5)

Guess the Character (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students guess commonly known characters from books, TV, and movies from clues given by other students.

Discover Activity

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students experience ways to dramatize any story and increase their fluency and enjoyment by presenting “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Anderson in a reader's theater format.

Discover Activity

Create Your Own Ending

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Create Your Own Ending

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this creative and imaginative activity, students will be reading a story together, pausing before the ending, and writing their own of the story. Then, students will hear the author's ending of the story.

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Story Circle (Grades 3-5)

Story Circle (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Student groups take turns telling a collaborative story. This activity builds communication, collaboration, and creative thinking skills.

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People + Places = Story

People + Places = Story

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students use online photos as prompts to write a story with a partner. First, they access the links in the included resource sheet to look at photos of people and places, choosing 1 place and at least 1 of the people as the setting and character(s). Then, they write their story, incorporating these elements. Finally, students reconvene as a whole group to read and discuss their work.

Discover Activity

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, The Natural World

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Each student makes an animal page for a group book. This activity builds research, cooperative learning, and organization skills.

Discover Activity

Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Create and Perform a Scene from a Book (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students will work in pairs to choose a meaningful and memorable scene from literature and then work together to improvise a 2-person dramatic scene based on their selection. This activity will help students develop key skills in collaborative critical thinking and creative problem-solving, and improve literacy skills and motivation for reading.

Discover Activity

Guess the Character (Grades 3-5)

Guess the Character (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students guess commonly known characters from books, TV, and movies from clues given by other students.

Discover Activity

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Reader’s Theater and Poetry (Grades 3-5)

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students experience ways to dramatize any story and increase their fluency and enjoyment by presenting “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Anderson in a reader's theater format.

Discover Activity

Create Your Own Ending

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Create Your Own Ending

Grades 3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this creative and imaginative activity, students will be reading a story together, pausing before the ending, and writing their own of the story. Then, students will hear the author's ending of the story.

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