Independent

Online Games (Websites & Apps):

• Select a theme and then choose the right words to use to set the mood for a story!  

Videos

• Show not Tell

Games & Activities:

• Sketch a story board of a small moment

Worksheets:

• Pick from the narrative prompts found here
• Use one of these graphic organizers to help you
• Finish the Snowman Story!

 

Family 

Games & Activities:

• Tell a story together.  Take turns telling each part.  I tell a part…you tell a part.  Take turns telling stories for your life and made up stories.
• Read adaptations to fairy tales.  Make up your own.  Story tell it or write it together.
• Ask a family member to tell you a story from their childhood.
• Charades:
  • Generate a list of emotion words and put them in a hat.  Pull a word out and act it out! Guess the emotion.
• Story Chain: 
  • With your family go around and each say a sentence and add to the story.
• Theatre  Night:
  • Act out your favorite  story.
• Watch a movie or episode with a family member. Think about the following things:
  • The setting, the mood, the characters actions and reactions

Projects:

• Picture a small moment in your life and take turns writing it one, sentence by sentence!

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