Storytelling Activities for 3rd-5th Grade at Home

4 Activities

Overview

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

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 5

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

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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Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 5

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

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

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

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

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

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

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

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

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

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Create Your Own Ending

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Create Your Own Ending

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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Create Your Own Ending

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Storytelling Activities for 3rd-5th Grade at Home

Grades 3 - 5

5 Hours 15 Minutes

Overview

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 5

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

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

Make an Animal Book (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Nature and Wildlife

Grades 3 - 5

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

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

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

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

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

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

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

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

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

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Create Your Own Ending

Arts, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Create Your Own Ending

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Create Your Own Ending