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1st Grade Reading Response: Beginning, Middle, End Story Map
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Today I am practising: retelling key events in sequence
1
Write the story title or draw a clue from its cover.
2
What happened at the beginning? Draw it, then label it with one or two words.
3
What important event happened in the middle?
4
What happened at the end?
5
Number your three events 1, 2, and 3. Do they stay in story order?
6
Tell an adult the story using First, Next, and Last. Add one detail you forgot to write.
- Choose a short read-aloud or an independently read text with a clear event sequence.
- Invite drawing first; help the child add a word or dictated label only after the event is clear.
- Ask 'What happened next?' rather than correcting the retell immediately, then reread one page together if needed.