Li’l Stories Story Center

For Grades K to 4: The Story Center Kit is a set of activities that students can complete independently during Morning Work, Free Play or Choice Time. Activities allow students to practice new vocabulary, understand story structure, and develop digital literacy.
4 Activities: Digital Literacy, Story Creation, Weekend News, Sight Words Practice

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Activity 1: Digital Literacy, Grade K to 4: This activity allows students to digitally capture their work and share online through the Li’l Stories App.
Activity 2: Weekend News, Grade K to 2: This activity utilizes the custom Li’l Stories storyboard in order for students to retell their Weekend News.
Activity 3: Story Creation, Grade K to 4: This activity encourages students to work in small groups in creating original fiction stories with the guidance of the various Li’l Stories materials—storyboards, idea stickers, fact cards, and question cards.
Activity 4: Sight Words Practice, Grade K to 4: This activity provides an informal group setting in which students can acquire and practice new sight words or high frequency words with the use of custom Li’l Stories materials—storyboard, sight words cards, question cards.

The Story Center Kit includes:

4 ACTIVITY PLANS
Outline, Procedure, Adaptations/Modifications, Assessment, Activity Expansion

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STORYBOARDS
Li’l Stories storyboard templates are designed to help organize and guide students through formulating their ideas into a fluid story.

Storyboard_SightWords_AStoryboard_SightWords_B

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TEACHERS’S GUIDE WITH ACTIVITY IDEAS, CURRICULUM MAP
Our teacher’s guide describes the Li’l Stories framework and materials in detail. It includes activity ideas, implementation tips, the curriculum map, and its alignment to common core.

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LI’L STORIES IDEA CARDS AND STICKERS: FICTION, SIGHT WORDS
The Fiction set encompasses general inspirations for fiction stories. It consists of 6 characters and 6 settings. The Sight Words set includes a selection of sight words ranging from pre-primer up to Grade 3 high frequency words, with 20 words for each level.

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LI’L STORIES CONTENT CARDS: STORY ELEMENTS
The set includes story elements (character, setting, plot, and story sequence) question triggers to help students get started in thinking about developing their ideas for new stories.

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LI’L STORIES POSTERS
The posters have visual instructions for the Li’l Stories activities ‘Create and Tell’ and ‘Capture and Share’.

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INSTRUCTIONS
• Download Story Center Kit
• Print teacher’s guide, storyboards and curriculum map on 11” by 17” sheets of paper.
• Print the 2″ by 2″ stickers on an Avery White Square Labels (#22806) sheet.
• Print content cards on 8 1/2” by 11” sheets of paper, fold along the dashed line and laminate.
• Print posters on 8 1/2” by 11” sheets of paper and laminate and/or hang on the wall.
• Use 2″ by 2″ Post-its if you’d like students to be able to edit their stories.