Story Elements For Kindergarten This Pack Includes: 18 story element comprehension sheets: These are to be used during or after reading a story with your class. There are 5 response sheets in which the students are only drawing a picture, so you can use them early in the year if you students aren’t writers yet. Comprehension Wands: Print, cut, and laminate the circles and glue them onto popsicle sticks or skewers. Place them in a jar or cup and have the students answer the questions about the story.

1. Story Elements For
Kindergarten
DIY
Comprehension
Wands
18 Story
Element
Printables
and
Michelle Griffo
Apples and ABC’s
~aligned to the CCS~

2. This Pack Includes…
18 story element comprehension sheets:
These are to be used during or after reading a
story with your class. There are 5 response
sheets in which the students are only drawing a
picture, so you can use them early in the year if
you students aren’t writers yet.
Comprehension Wands:
Print, cut, and laminate the circles and glue them
onto popsicle sticks or skewers. Place them in
a jar or cup and have the students answer the
questions about the story.

3. Common Core
Standards Addressed:
ELA.Literacy.RL.K.1: With prompting and support,
ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
ELA.Literacy.RL.K.2:With prompting and support,
retell familiar stories, including key details.
ELA.Literacy.RL.K.3:With prompting and support,
identify characters, settings, and major events in a
story.
ELA.Literacy.RL.K.9:With prompting and support,
compare and contrast the adventures and
experiences of characters in familiar stories

4. Draw
a
picture
of
your
favorite
character
in
the
story.
My
Favorite
Character
Name:
Apples
and
ABC’s

5. If
you
were
the
main
character,
what
would
you
have
done
differently?
The
Main
Character
Name:
Apples
and
ABC’s

6. Draw
and
write
about
your
favorite
illustration
in
the
story.
I
am
an
illustrator.
Name:
Apples
and
ABC’s

7. Draw
and
write
about
the
main
plot
in
the
story.
The
Plot
Name:
Apples
and
ABC’s

8. New Vocabulary Words
Name: Apples and ABC’s
Word:
Picture:
Definition:
Word:
Picture:
Definition:

9. Who Was in the Story?
Draw a picture of three characters from the story and write their name on the
line below your drawing.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s

10. Problem and Solution
Draw a picture of the problem and solution in the story. Write a sentence
below.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s
Problem Solution

11. Cause and Effect
Draw a picture of one cause and effect in the story. Write a sentence below.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s
Cause Effect

12. The Setting
Draw a picture and list adjectives describing the setting.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s
Draw it. Describe it.

13. The Setting
Draw a picture and write a sentence describing the setting.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s

14. How
do
you
think
the
story
will
end?
I
Predict…
Name:
Apples
and
ABC’s

15. What
was
your
favorite
part
of
the
story?
My
Favorite
Part
Name:
Apples
and
ABC’s

16. Finish
the
sentence:
I
liked
it
when
the
main
character_______.
I
liked
it
when…
Name:
Apples
and
ABC’s

17. My favorite part…
Draw your favorite part of the story.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s

18. Real and Make Believe
Draw a picture of something that was real and make believe in the story.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s
Real Make Believe

19. My favorite character…
Draw your favorite character in the story.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s

20. The Setting
Draw a picture of the setting in the story.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s

21. Story Sequence
Draw pictures of what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Name:
Apples and ABC’s
1 2 3

22. DIY: make the wands or
single pieces (below). As
you are reading, and finished
reading a book, have the
children pick a wand and
answer the question!

23. Comprehension Wands!
Print, cut, and laminate the
following pages to make the wands.
I hot glued them onto skewers, or
you could use popsicle sticks!
Place them in a cup and you are
set!

24. Comprehension Questions
Who is the
main
character?
What is the
title of the
story?
What does
the author
do?
Who is in
the story?
What does
the
illustrator
do?

25. Comprehension Questions
How did the
story end?
What is
your
favorite
part of the
story?
What is
your
favorite
illustration?
Is the story
real or
make-
believe?
What
happened in
the
beginning of
the story?

26. Comprehension Questions
What
happened in
the middle
of the
story?
What is the
conflict in
the story?
Where is the
setting?
Has anything
in the story
happened to
you in real
life?
What is the
story
about?

27. Comprehension
Wands
Comprehension
Wands
Cut and paste on a jar or box to decorate it. Store the comprehension questions inside!

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