W.3.3.a: Set up a story with a situation and characters.

Official text

Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

What it means for your child

Your child begins a story by setting up the situation, introducing the narrator or characters and telling events in a natural order.

Try it at home

1. Ask, 'Who is in your story, and where are they?'
2. Read the first page of a favorite book and talk about how the author starts.
3. Have your child tell the story aloud before writing it.