I’ve gotten a few emails lately asking for books and recommendations for teaching narratives, plot structure, and story grammar parts. I have quite a few favorites that I find myself pulling out over and over so I thought I’d share them with you!
Below are my favorites:
If you’re looking for tons of ideas on how I teach story grammar (and use visuals, checklists, and graphic organizers for classroom carryover!), click here to check out my blog post all about how I teach it!
The packet includes 15 short stories so your students can practice finding story grammar parts in stories. My students love color coding all of the parts as they find them! 🙂
What are your favorite books for teaching story grammar? Let me know so I can check them out and add to this list! I’m always looking for great picture books to add to my collection!
Thanks for reading! <3
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Hi! Great post! I just bought your story packet and can’t wait to use it in therapy!! I just wanted to mention that I can’t see the links or the books in this post and I would love to know what books you use when teaching story grammar. I’m not sure if it is just my browser but if you could put a list on this page of the books you use that would be great. Thanks!
Thanks for letting me know! You probably don’t have certain images loading on your computer browser. You can likely change that setting in the settings of your browser. I will try to add text and links in a different format just in case though. I appreciate you reaching out!
Hi Shannon! Thanks for sharing this list of books! What grades do you use them for? I see that many are intended for lower grades (e.g. K, 1, 2). Have you had success in using these books with higher grades (3, 4, 5)? Thanks!
I mostly use these for younger students. For older students, I print off stories from ReadWorks or use stories/text from their classrooms! Hope that helps!
would you teach story grammar to these older students then or focus on main idea/summarizing ect w/ non-fiction?
Depends on the student and their needs. In most cases, I’d start with story grammar as it can be taught with simple stories/narratives which may be easier than using non-fiction texts. It all really depends on the student though!
Thanks for the suggestions. I typically start with stories that have very repetitive structures so that if they are unable to tell a story element the first time, they have multiple opportunities to try again. Examples include “And Then the Doorbell Rang,” “The Mitten,” and “Mushroom in the Rain.”
I’ve had good experience with “Those Darn Squirrels.” by Adam Rubin. Also has some good vocabulary, but isn’t too text dense so they get lost in the trees.
Thanks for the recommendation! That looks like a cute book!