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Create and Explain a Simple Interactive Story

Kindergartners learn that in an interactive story the reader's taps are events that make things happen. They plan a story with a beginning, a choice and an ending for each choice, and explain how it works using first, if you tap, then. They make story cards to share at home.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 50 minutes
  • Interactive story check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Explain that in an interactive story, the reader's tap is an event that makes something happen.
  • Plan an interactive story with a beginning, a choice, and an ending for each choice.
  • Explain how a story works: what the reader sees first and what each tap does.

Lessons

  1. Tap, and something happens 4 steps2 practiceabout 12 min
  2. Plan a story with a choice 4 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  3. Tell how your story works 6 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  4. Interactive story check 5 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Robot RoutesSnap together arrow, repeat and dance blocks to guide Bolt the robot home.

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