You will want to choose the story elements that you’d like to practice. One of the best aspects of this game is that is LOW prep! You can easily play it last minute without needing to do a lot of prep ahead of time! All you need is the story elements chart, some “Oh Snap” game cards, and sticky notes. It is essentially the same concept as completing a story elements graphic organizer after reading, just in a game format! Typically I play this game with my remediation groups however, it can also work for a whole class. Students must work together to identify the story elements for a story that they’ve read. This game is a fun way to practice retelling a story. There are also lots of other engaging tools and activities for story elements practiceyou can implement! Story Elements Game Students can complete a story elements graphic organizerafter reading a fiction story. This can be during small group instruction, literacy centers or independent reading. Upper elementary students should be able to discuss them all together as it is a review for them.Īfter introducing the story elements, spend lots of time practicing with them. Typically it is best to introduce one component at a time. During this time you can introduce the terms with a story elements anchor chart and discuss them with your students. The best way to teach story elements is through your daily read alouds. Essentially no matter which terms you use the main goal is retelling the story. If you’ve been working on BME in 1st grade then you’d obviously want to include that for practice but a 3rd-grade teacher may want to review conflict, resolution, and theme instead. The components of the story that you include are determined by the age of your students and your current area of focus. Other teachers may use a 5 finger retell to include: characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end. When retelling the story teachers sometimes substitute plot for the resolution.

Story elements anchor chart