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1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 13 of 19

Story or Facts?

Tell storybooks from fact books, and learn from pictures and words.

What your child practices

Children practice telling books that tell stories from books that give information, and noticing what pictures add to the words.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 1R5; 1R6 · telling stories from information books and what pictures and words each tell

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A storybook tells a made-up story.
  2. A fact book tells true things.
  3. Photos of real things are often in fact books.

Example: “Bees make honey.” Is this from a story or a fact book? This is true about real bees. True things are in fact books. Answer: a fact book

Story or Facts? in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 13 of 19 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after Messages All Around and before Reading Smart.

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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    A book about a pig who flies a plane. Is it a story or a fact book?

    • a story
    • a fact book

  2. Question 2

    A rabbit puts on a coat and goes to a party. What is this?

    • a fact
    • a story

  3. Question 3

    Which one do you find in a fact book?

    • a magic hat
    • a dragon
    • true facts
    • a talking cat

  4. Question 4

    “Once upon a time, a mouse found a key.” What kind of book is it?

    • a story
    • a fact book

  5. Question 5

    Which one is a real fact?

    • Snow is hot.
    • Snowmen can talk.
    • Snow tastes like cake.
    • Snow is cold.

  6. Question 6

    Which question does a fact book answer?

    • Will the king find his crown?
    • Who is Pip's best friend?
    • How do bees make honey?
    • What will Bunny do next?

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