Title: Reading Lesson, Story Map
Description: This website uses a story map to chart the events in a story.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (1) 2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. [RL.1.2]
[ELA2010] (1) 3: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. [RL.1.3]
[ELA2010] (2) 2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. [RL.2.2]
[ELA2010] (2) 3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. [RL.2.3]

Title: Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study
Description: This site focuses on books by Leo Lionni. These lessons teach literary elements and comparing characters and plots. A matrix is included that helps students review and retell each story.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (0) 3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. [RL.K.3]
[ELA2010] (0) 8: With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. [RL.K.9]
[ELA2010] (1) 2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. [RL.1.2]
[ELA2010] (1) 3: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. [RL.1.3]
[ELA2010] (1) 8: Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. [RL.1.9]
[ELA2010] (2) 2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. [RL.2.2]
[ELA2010] (2) 3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. [RL.2.3]

Title: Beginning, Middle, and End Graphic Organizer
Description: This is a graphic organizer for recording the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (0) 2: With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. [RL.K.2]
[ELA2010] (1) 2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. [RL.1.2]
[ELA2010] (2) 2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. [RL.2.2]