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Features

  • A lost puppy story in four boxes: First, Next, Then, Last
  • A true story about an animal: who, where, what happened and how you felt
  • Time words to use: first, one day, next, then, after that, last, in the end
  • Write the story as sentences, with starters to trace
  • How does it end? Circle a face and write the ending
  • Large handwriting lines and the ball-and-stick print children learn

Skills Covered

  • Tell two or more events in order
  • Use time words
  • Draw each part of a story
  • Add who, where and how you felt
  • Give a story an ending
  • Write a story as sentences

How to Use This Pack

Five pages. Page 1 plans a story about a lost puppy in four numbered boxes, each with a box to draw and a time word to trace. Page 2 is a true story: who, where, what happened with a box to draw, and how you felt, with words to circle. Page 3 is a bank of time words with rows to try them. Page 4 writes the story as sentences. Page 5 is the ending: faces to circle and In the end to trace.

In the Classroom

Tell a short true story about an animal with your fingers up for each part, then let partners tell theirs. Children plan on page 1 or 2, then write on page 4. Ask a question after a child reads their story, such as "Where were you?", and let them add the answer: that is a detail.

At Home

Ask your child to tell you about something that happened with a pet or an animal they saw. Ask what happened first, next and last, and how they felt.

Tips for Success

  • Tell your story out loud first
  • Use time words to show the order
  • Tell who was there and where
  • Say how you felt
  • Every story needs an ending

Narrative Writing for 1st Grade

1st Grade

Story pages where children tell two or more events in order, with time words and an ending. They plan a story in four steps, add who, where and how they felt, and write it with First, Next, Then and Last.

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What’s Included

  • 1 four-step story plan and 1 true story plan
  • 1 time words page
  • 1 page to write the story and 1 ending page
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