How to Write a Story Book, Grades 1-3

Give your students the structured practice they need to write interesting short stories, along with the creative inspiration that makes writing fun! Students learn the parts of a story and how to organize their ideas with story-planning forms. Tailor lessons to students’ individual needs by presenting three options for how to address each writing topic: group writing, guided writing, or independent writing. How to Write a Story, includes: • Setting the Stage for Writing-reading to your class, word walls, story walls • Teaching the Parts of a Story • Step-by-Step Writing Units Story Writing Ideas: • retell a fairy tale • a pattern story • a circle story • a sequence-and-write story A Story Writing Center: directions, forms, and patterns for 5 story-writing centers • Who, What, Where, When • Start with a Picture • Story Starters • Story Parts • Train Tales—each train car represents a different part of the story This resource contains teacher support pages and reproducible student pages.