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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!

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 1.1.4.3; 1.1.4.1 · the characters, setting and key details of 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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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 sat next to Noah?

    Noah rode the bus to school.

    He sat next to his friend Ana.

    They sang a song all the way.

    The bus stopped, and they hopped off.

    • 👧Ana
    • 🚌the bus driver
    • 🐶his dog

  2. Question 2

    How did Noah get to school?

    Noah rode the bus to school.

    He sat next to his friend Ana.

    They sang a song all the way.

    The bus stopped, and they hopped off.

    • ⛵on a boat
    • 🚌on the bus
    • 🐴on a horse

  3. Question 3

    What happened first?

    Noah rode the bus to school.

    He sat next to his friend Ana.

    They sang a song all the way.

    The bus stopped, and they hopped off.

    • 🎶They sang a song.
    • 🚌Noah rode the bus.
    • 🏫They hopped off the bus.

  4. Question 4

    Tap what happened, from first to last.

    Noah rode the bus to school.

    He sat next to his friend Ana.

    They sang a song all the way.

    The bus stopped, and they hopped off.

    • 🏫They hopped off the bus.
    • 🎶They sang a song.
    • 🚌Noah rode the bus.

  5. Question 5

    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.

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

  6. Question 6

    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 school
    • 🍳in the kitchen
    • 🌳at the park

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