Elements of Fiction Collaborative Activities for 1st Grade

We’ve been working hard on fiction elements….  Today, we’re chatting about our end of unit elements of fiction collaborative activities with Cinderella stories!

Fiction Elements Anchor Chart

This is the fiction elements anchor chart we have been using all throughout our Cinderella Unit as we learned about the elements of fiction. 

We talk about fiction elements throughout the entire year of first grade. But our Cinderella fairy tale unit is a great time to revisit these elements and talk about some of the specifics that relate to fairytales.

elements of fiction anchor chart

As we read each different version of Cinderella we talked about the elements of fiction together and charted them together on this elements of fiction anchor chart.

Elements of Fiction Collaborative Posters

So, for our final project, each first grader wrote an opinion piece about their favorite version of Cinderella.  Then, I grouped them by the version they chose.  The collaborative groups worked together to make a story map about their Cinderella story to present to our class.

working on their elements of fiction collaborative activities

Here is the Prince Cinders group’s collaborative poster.

Prince Cinders poster

And the poster by the Cindy Ellen group!

Cindy Ellen poster

This collaborative group created a elements of fiction collaborative activities poster for the elements of Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters poster

Where Can I Find These Elements of Fiction Collaborative Activities?

I love how these collaborative posters turned out!  And it was a great way to check their understanding of the elements of fiction in a fun and collaborative way!  You can find my Cinderella Unit here.

Cinderella fairy tale first grade unit - TpT cover image

6 Comments

  1. No fun doing all that testing! At least you had an intern to keep things moving in the classroom. I always feel like so much teaching time is lost doing all the assessments, but I can't teach without them either. 🙂 Your son is adorable! Love his smile. Have a wonderful weekend!
    Joya
    ~liveloveserveteach

  4. I am loving your math mysteries and so are my kids. They perservere even when they are having a hard time. You mentioned you are doing them on dry erase boards. Are you doing them whole class or individually? My little ones are having a really hard time with the missing addend problems. They just automatically start adding the two numbers ( or subtracting one from the other). I guess this is normal?

    1. Yes, it is! It also has a lot to do with number sets. For example, if I give them numbers close together like 9, wants 10. Many more of mine can figure that out. The farther the numbers are apart, the harder it is and more liking that more will just add the numbers.

      Yes we did dry erase boards whole group that's how we practice before our quarterly tests.

      Keep trying the missing addends. The light bulb will come on. I also try to work them in in daily routines. Like, we earn letters to spell a character word as a whole group reward. So we will look at that each afternoon and say, "now we have 7 letters. We need 10 letters to finish our word and earn extra recess. How many more letters do we need to earn." And they always seem more successful at that.

      Glad you all are enjoying them. Keep plugging at the hard ones. They get better.

  5. Thank you! We will definitely keep working! They are definitely engaged with these, even when they are totally off the right track :)!

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