Kid Heroes Theme

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

2, 3

Overview

Save the king! In this interactive game, students have to determine the theme (or lesson) in the short story. If the students are correct, they get to place one of the Kid Heroes on the battlefield. Using teamwork will lead to success. This classroom resource also includes a quiz, worksheet, and teaching video to help with understanding.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.23

Identify the main story elements in a literary text.

UP:ELA21.2.23

Vocabulary

  • Story elements
  • Literary text

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Literary text is a story that contains story elements, like a plot and characters.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify the main story elements in a literary text, such as characters, settings, and plot.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Literary texts include story elements, and they can identify the various elements to better understand the text.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.22

Describe literary elements within a story, including setting, plot, characters, and themes.

UP:ELA21.3.22

Vocabulary

  • Describe
  • Literary elements
  • Story
  • Setting
  • Plot
  • Characters
  • Themes

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Literary elements within a story include the setting, plot, characters, and themes.
  • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
  • Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story).
  • Characters are any person, animal, or figure that affect the plot.
  • Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify and describe the literary elements, including setting, plot, characters, and theme, within the text.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Identifying and describing literary elements within a story will help in comprehending the text.

CR Resource Type

Interactive/Game

Resource Provider

Room Recess

License Type

Public Domain
https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/KidHeroesTheme/play.html

Comments or Notes

RoomRecess.com is dedicated to providing children with free learning games that are fun. Online games reinforce important skills that are vital to elementary students and their educational process. RoomRecess.com was developed entirely by an elementary school teacher with the goal of reinforcing fundamental learning concepts in math, reading, spelling, language arts, typing, and problem-solving. Because RoomRecess.com learning games are free, students do not have to sign up or hold an account. Children can simply load up an activity and have fun learning online while they play.

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Owner (Author)

yvetteakridge
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