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First, Next, Finally: A Sandcastle Story

Grade 1 narrative writing: read a model story, practice time words and details, then plan and write your own story with a beginning, middle, and end.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.1.3

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell two or more events in the order they happened.
  • Students use time words such as first, next, then, and finally.
  • Students add a detail and write an ending that gives a sense of closure.

How to use

Read the model story aloud and point out each time word. Have students finish the choices on their own, then write their story plan one sentence at a time.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.1.3

Write a narrative that tells two or more events in order, adds details, uses time words, and has some sense of closure.

Preview

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Name Date

First, Next, Finally: A Sandcastle Story

Tell what happens in order and add details.

Read a story

Read the story about Lena. Notice the time words that tell the order of events.

Lena's Sandcastle

1On Saturday, Lena went to the beach with her dad. The sand was warm and the sky was bright blue. First, Lena filled a red bucket with wet sand.

2Next, she pressed the sand down hard and flipped the bucket over. Out came a tall tower! Then she pushed tiny shells into the sand for windows.

3Suddenly, a big wave slid up the beach and washed the tower away. Lena felt sad. Finally, she smiled. "I can build a new one," she said, and she picked up her bucket.

1.
What did Lena do right after the tower came out of the bucket?
  • A. She filled the bucket with wet sand.
  • B. She said she would build a new one.
  • C. She pushed tiny shells in for windows.
  • D. She watched a wave wash it away.
2.
Read paragraph 2. Write the time word that starts the sentence about the shells.
Word bank: First · Next · Then · Finally

  she pushed tiny shells into the sand for windows.

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