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!
Maine Learning Results learning standard: Reading 6 · describing the characters, setting and events in a story
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Ask: who is in the story?
- Ask: where does it happen?
- 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 Maine
In the Maine Learning Results, 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.
- 1st grade guide for Maine parents
- Printable 1st grade English Language Arts sheet
- Maine report cards explained
Source: Maine 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.
Question 1
Who found the mitten?
Zoe played in the snow.
She lost her red mitten.
Her dog, Pip, dug in the snow and found it!
Zoe gave Pip a big hug.
- 👧Zoe
- 🐶Pip the dog
- 🐱a cat
🐶 Pip the dog
Hint: Look at line three. Who dug in the snow?
Question 2
Where did Zoe play?
Zoe played in the snow.
She lost her red mitten.
Her dog, Pip, dug in the snow and found it!
Zoe gave Pip a big hug.
- 🏊in a pool
- 🏖️at the beach
- ❄️in the snow
❄️ in the snow
Hint: The first line tells where Zoe played.
Question 3
What happened first?
Zoe played in the snow.
She lost her red mitten.
Her dog, Pip, dug in the snow and found it!
Zoe gave Pip a big hug.
- 🧤Pip found the mitten.
- ❄️Zoe played in the snow.
- 🤗Zoe hugged Pip.
❄️ Zoe played in the snow.
Hint: Look at the top of the story to see how it starts.
Question 4
Tap what happened, from first to last.
Zoe played in the snow.
She lost her red mitten.
Her dog, Pip, dug in the snow and found it!
Zoe gave Pip a big hug.
- 🧤Pip found the mitten.
- 🤗Zoe hugged Pip.
- ❄️Zoe played in the snow.
Zoe played in the snow. → Pip found the mitten. → Zoe hugged Pip.
Hint: Read the story again from the top. What happened first?
Question 5
Who had a red kite?
Kenji went to the park with his dad.
He had a big red kite.
The wind took the kite up high.
Kenji and his dad had lots of fun.
- 👦Kenji
- 👧Zoe
- 🐦a bird
👦 Kenji
Hint: Look at the first two lines. Who went to the park?
Question 6
Where did Kenji go?
Kenji went to the park with his dad.
He had a big red kite.
The wind took the kite up high.
Kenji and his dad had lots of fun.
- 🏪to the store
- 🌳to the park
- 🏖️to the beach
🌳 to the park
Hint: The first line tells where Kenji went.