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Kai's Hiccups: Beginning, Middle and End
Grade 1 narrative writing: read a funny hiccup story, practice time words, details and endings, then plan your own story in order.
Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable
Aligned toW.1.3
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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 Common Core standard
- Printable answer key
- 12 questions
- Classroom-ready
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 order using time words such as first, next, and finally.
- Students add details that tell more about what happened.
- Students write an ending that gives a story a sense of closure.
How to use
Read Kai's story aloud and have students point to each time word. After the practice questions, students plan their own story one part at a time.
Curriculum
Common Core standard covered
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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Kai's Hiccups: Beginning, Middle and End
Tell events in order, add details and give your story an ending.

Read a story
Read Kai's story. Look for the time words that tell what happened first, next, and last.
Kai's Hiccups
1On Friday night, Kai sat down to eat soup with his family. He was so hungry that he slurped it too fast. Hic! Kai had the hiccups.
2First, Kai drank a tall glass of cold water. Hic! Next, he held his breath and counted to ten. Hic! Hic!
3Then his little sister Mei hid behind his chair. "Boo!" she yelled. Kai jumped so high that his spoon fell on the floor.
4Kai waited. He did not hiccup. Finally, the hiccups were gone! Kai laughed and ate the rest of his soup slowly.
- A. brushing his teeth at the sink
- B. eating soup with his family
- C. playing tag with his sister
- D. reading a book in his bed
spoonnextfirstlaughedfinallychairglassthen
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