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1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 13

Story Time

Who, where and what happened

What your child practices

Reading short stories, then naming who is in them and where they happen, and putting the events in order. Reading the story aloud together and talking about it helps a lot!

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 1.RL.3 · describing the characters, setting and events in a story

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Ask: who is in the story?
  2. Ask: where does it happen?
  3. Ask: what happened? Look back to check.

Example: Noah rode the bus to school. How did Noah get to school? Find how Noah got there. He rode the bus. Answer: on the bus

Story Time in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 7 of 13 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after Sentences and before Describing Words.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Who made a cake with Amir?

    Amir and his grandma made a cake in the kitchen.

    Amir mixed the eggs and flour.

    Grandma put the cake in the hot oven.

    Then the whole family ate the cake.

    • 👵his grandma
    • 🐱a cat
    • 👦his friend Leo

  2. Question 2

    Where did they make the cake?

    Amir and his grandma made a cake in the kitchen.

    Amir mixed the eggs and flour.

    Grandma put the cake in the hot oven.

    Then the whole family ate the cake.

    • 🌳at the park
    • 🍳in the kitchen
    • 🏫at school

  3. Question 3

    What happened first?

    Amir and his grandma made a cake in the kitchen.

    Amir mixed the eggs and flour.

    Grandma put the cake in the hot oven.

    Then the whole family ate the cake.

    • 🥚Amir mixed eggs and flour.
    • 🔥The cake went in the oven.
    • 🍰The family ate the cake.

  4. Question 4

    Tap what happened, from first to last.

    Amir and his grandma made a cake in the kitchen.

    Amir mixed the eggs and flour.

    Grandma put the cake in the hot oven.

    Then the whole family ate the cake.

    • 🍰The family ate the cake.
    • 🥚Amir mixed eggs and flour.
    • 🔥The cake went in the oven.

  5. Question 5

    Who planted beans with Lena?

    Lena and her brother planted beans in a pot.

    They put the pot by the sunny window.

    Every day, Lena gave the beans a little water.

    Soon, tiny green leaves popped out!

    • 👦her brother
    • 👩her teacher
    • 🐱her cat

  6. Question 6

    Where did they put the pot?

    Lena and her brother planted beans in a pot.

    They put the pot by the sunny window.

    Every day, Lena gave the beans a little water.

    Soon, tiny green leaves popped out!

    • 🪟by the window
    • ❄️in the snow
    • 🛏️under the bed

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