Story Response
Show what you understand about stories through drawing and writing! Express your ideas about characters, settings, and events.
Ways to Respond to Stories
Share Your Thinking!
After reading a story, we can draw pictures and write words to show what we learned and how we feel about the story.
Response Options
There are many ways to respond to a story. Click each one to learn more!
1 Story: The Lost Teddy Bear
The Lost Teddy Bear
Sophie loved her teddy bear named Buttons. One night, she could not find Buttons anywhere!
Sophie looked under her bed. No Buttons. She looked in her closet. No Buttons. She started to feel worried.
Then Sophie's little brother Max walked in. He was holding Buttons! "I borrowed him for a nap," said Max.
Sophie was so relieved! She gave Max a hug. "Next time, please ask first," she said kindly. That night, Sophie and Buttons had sweet dreams together.
DRAW Draw Your Favorite Part
Think about the story. What was your favorite part? Draw a picture of it!
Use paper and crayons to draw your picture!
Show a grown-up when you are done.
- Who should be in your picture?
- Where does your picture take place?
- What is happening in your picture?
WRITE Complete the Sentence
Finish these sentences about the story. You can write or tell a grown-up your answer.
Sentence Starters
2 Story: The Rainbow Garden
The Rainbow Garden
Grandpa Joe and Emma planted a garden together. They planted red tomatoes, orange carrots, yellow sunflowers, and purple eggplants.
Every day, Emma helped water the plants. She watched them grow bigger and bigger!
One sunny day, all the plants were ready. "Look, Grandpa!" said Emma. "Our garden looks like a rainbow!"
Grandpa Joe smiled. "You worked so hard. Let's make a rainbow salad for dinner!" Emma felt proud of their beautiful garden.
DRAW Draw the Rainbow Garden
Draw what you think Grandpa Joe and Emma's rainbow garden looked like!
Include all the colorful plants from the story!
Red tomatoes, orange carrots, yellow sunflowers, purple eggplants
FEELINGS How Did the Characters Feel?
Click on the feeling that matches each part of the story.
How did Emma feel when she watered the garden every day?
How did Emma feel at the end of the story?
3 Story Parts Activity
The Brave Little Fish
Beginning: A little fish named Finn lived in a cozy coral reef. One day, he saw his friend Coral swimming very fast!
Middle: "A big fish is chasing me!" cried Coral. Finn was scared, but he wanted to help. He found a small cave and said, "Hide in here, Coral!"
End: The big fish swam away. Coral was safe! "Thank you for being so brave!" said Coral. Finn learned that being brave means helping friends even when you are scared.
Draw the Beginning, Middle, and End
Use paper to draw three pictures showing what happened in each part of the story.
Beginning
How does the story start?
Middle
What is the problem?
End
How does it end?
CONNECT Make a Connection
Think about a time when you helped a friend. How is that like what Finn did in the story?
Tell or Write Your Connection
More Response Activities
CREATE Draw a New Ending
Pick any story from this lesson. What if it ended differently? Draw a picture of a new ending!
What else could have happened?
Use your imagination!
COMPARE Favorite Character
Who was your favorite character from all the stories? Why?
What We Learned
Drawing
We can draw pictures to show what happened in stories.
Writing
We can write sentences about stories using sentence starters.
Feelings
We can identify how characters feel in stories.
Connections
We can connect stories to our own lives.
Next Steps
- After every story, draw a picture or write about it
- Share your drawings and writing with family and friends
- Think about how stories make you feel
- Look for connections between stories and your life
- When you are ready, move on to Story Details Check!