The Toy Shop After Closing Narrative Writing

Print the page and read the directions with your child: Read the story starter and fill in your story plan. Then, write the beginning, middle and end of your story. Afterward, talk about what they wrote or drew.

A story has a beginning, a middle and an end. The story starter on the page reads: When the toy shop closed for the night, the lights went off and the toys began to move. Children write on ruled lines. The directions on the page read: Read the story starter and fill in your story plan. Then, write the beginning, middle and end of your story.

Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade writing topics, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with narrative writing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

CCSS W.3.3 asks third graders to set up a situation and characters, tell events in a natural order, use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts and feelings, use time words, and provide an ending.

Dialogue is the words characters say, set inside quotation marks and attributed with a speaker, like "Come see," said Mia. The dialogue sheet gives a story and asks for six lines between two characters (W.3.3.B).

Use three parts: the beginning, the problem and the solution. Writing one sentence for each part before drafting prevents a story that wanders.

Yes. All three sheets include a key with a marking guide and a model story.

Good 3rd grade writing prompts give a clear topic and a reason to write: an opinion on homework or the best class pet, a story about a surprise visitor, facts about how magnets work, or a reflection on a goal for the year. Each sheet here turns one topic into a page with a plan and lines, so the prompt becomes finished writing.

Persuasive topics work best when 3rd graders know both sides: should kids get homework, which animal makes the best class pet, should recess be longer, or should students pick their own seats. Students state an opinion, give reasons linked with because and also, and end with a closing sentence (CCSS W.3.1).

Third graders write opinion pieces with linked reasons (CCSS W.3.1), informative texts that group facts (W.3.2) and narratives with dialogue and description (W.3.3). They also plan, revise and edit their work (W.3.5) and use capitals, commas and quotation marks correctly (L.3.2).

Teach a hook for the first sentence, like a question to the reader, and a conclusion that restates the main idea in new words. The hook and conclusion sheets give an example and a checklist.

22 of the 36 sheets include an answer key with a marking guide or a model response, among them the 4 friendly letter pages. The 14 two-page reflective writing and reading response sheets have no key, since each student writes about their own life or book.