story elements problem solution anchor chart

Once he realizes he actually likes his hair, his hair jumps back on his head. He shouts “Hair I hate you!” and his hair hops off his head and runs away! Aaron chases his hair all around town, but can’t catch it. Aaron grows out his hair to look like his dad, but then his long hair become a pain. My girls squealed on almost every page and kept saying “He’s SO cute!” 🙂Īaron’s Hair is a weird story, but that’s why kids tend to love it so much. Every kid has had someone treat them unfairly, so they easily “get” the problem and solution. None of the other animals like Alfred, but in the end he meets a friend who loves him for him. Unloveable is a FANTASTIC story to introduce problem and solution because the students can really connect with it. This week was a 4 day week (yay!), so we read a read aloud together everyday, did a quick problem and solution match, and then charted the problem and solution. We did a sad face and a thumbs down for problem and a big smile and a thumbs up for solution. The memory motions we used for problem and solution were very simple. As we’ve been learning about our story elements, we’ve also focused on how we use them in our writing as well.

We emphasized that all week long because it not only helped them understand the problems and solutions in the stories we read, but also because it will help improve their writing skills. I really wanted my students to understand that the problem and solution must fit together like a puzzle. Here is the anchor chart that I created to help my students understand what problem and solution mean. This week we were focusing on problem and solution, and my students really seemed to “get” it, so I’m excited to share our anchor charts, book ideas and activities that we used! Watch my Facebook Live video about this topic here. Hi Friends! I am back with another post about story elements (read about character here and here)!

Story elements problem solution anchor chart