Story Elements
Where the story takes place
What is the setting?
This always goes at the beginning of a sentence.
What is a capital letter?
10 +0 = 10 and 8 + 0=8 is an example of this addition strategy.
What is a zero fact?
The name of the school dog who retired 2 years ago.
What is Sophie?
This is the grade Ms. Douglas used to teach at Stopher before moving back to 3rd grade.
What is Kindergarten?
What is a character?
This type of sentence asks a question.
What is an interrogative sentence?
18-8=10 and 16-6=10 are examples of this subtraction strategy.
What is a back to 10 fact?
Stopher Sharks
What is the school mascot?
Your goal is to read this amount of books before the end of the year and write each book up in your steno book including certain information about the book.
What is the 40 Book Challenge?
What the story is about: the beginning, middle and end.
What is the plot?
A command, very demanding, most 3rd graders are good at using this type of sentence.
What is an imperative sentence?
This operation has several steps, you must show your work which may include circling, underlining and labeling your answer.
What is a story problem?
This club is fun and helps you learn trivia questions. You are able to use a buzzer and clicker to chime in when you know the answer
We celebrate this on the last Friday of each month. When is yours?
What are birthdays?
Can give you clues as to what the story is about, help you understand what a word means or help bring the story to life.
What are illustrations in a story?
Being able to predict what you think will happen next in a story based on your life experience or text evidence.
What is drawing conclusions?
Combining numbers to find their product. There are specific rules especially when doing this with the number 1.
What is multiplication?
This is the name of the new math program used at Stopher.
What is Bridges?
If you break these, you will have to clip down and change your color.
What are class rules?
What is compare and contrast?
What is complete subject and the complete predicate?
Any number x 1 = That number
What is the rule about multiplying by the number 1?
Only 3rd, 4th and 5th graders get to do this at Stopher every afternoon except for Fridays.
What are clubs?
This is the name of the college Ms. Douglas's son goes to and the sport he plays. (Hint: This is a 2-part answer)
What is Centre College and football?