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Activity 37 · Arts & Design

Story Scene Match

Story Scene Match
GradesK–8
STEAM🎨 Arts & Design
Materials Story setting mats and character or object pieces.

What to describe

Students create and copy a scene from a familiar story. Afterward, they narrate what might be happening.

Roles

How a round works

Make it harder or easier

Harder

Describe using only shape, position, and color words — no gestures, no questions.

Easier

Allow yes/no questions and agree on a shared starting shape or anchor point.

Reflect

Skills

Oral languagestory elementssequencing

Standards & alignment

TEKS Fine Arts / ELAR TEKS · describing, creating & precise descriptive language (confirm grade code)
NGSS NGSS SEP-8: Obtaining, Evaluating & Communicating Information

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