Free Printable Story Elements Worksheets (Grades 1-3)

Every morning at six, something knocked on the tree outside Priya's window. Knock knock knock knock.

At first it woke her up and she was grumpy. She put her pillow over her head. It did not help.

One morning she gave up and looked out. A bird with a red head was hammering the trunk. It was a woodpecker.

She watched it every day after that. She learned that it was looking for insects under the bark.

Now Priya sets her alarm for a quarter to six, so she does not miss him.

Biscuit is a small brown dog. He was born in the summer.

One morning in December he woke up and the yard was white.

He would not go outside. He stood in the doorway and stared.

Then a snowflake landed on his nose. He sneezed. He tried to bite the next one.

By lunchtime nobody could get him to come back in.

Milo put on his red mittens. He went to the park with his sister Ada.

They built a snowman. It took a long time. Milo used both hands to roll the big ball.

When they got home, Milo had only one mitten.

He looked in his coat. He looked in his boots. He looked under the bed.

Then Ada laughed. She pointed out the window. The snowman was wearing the other mitten on his hand.

In the spring, Grandpa planted six tomato plants along the fence.

He watered them all summer. He tied the tall ones to sticks so they would not fall over.

By August every plant was heavy with red tomatoes. There were far more than one family could eat.

Grandpa gave some to the neighbors. He still had too many. He put some in the freezer. He still had too many.

So he filled a basket, set it by the front gate, and taped up a sign. The sign said FREE. By evening the basket was empty, and three people had stopped to say hello.

Dev borrowed Nina's bike to ride to the library. She said yes right away, because she always did.

On the way back, the chain slipped off and jammed. Dev got it back on, but there was a long black scrape down the fender where it had caught.

He thought about saying nothing. The scrape was on the side you do not see from the front. Nina might not notice for weeks.

He rode to her house instead. He turned the bike so the scrape was facing her, and he told her what happened.

Nina looked at it for a second. Then she shrugged and said the chain had done that to her twice. She showed him how to hold it so it would not slip again.