Year 1 'Ada Twist Scientist': reading and writing worksheet

“Who is in the story?” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 English unit “'Ada Twist Scientist': reading and writing”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 34 to 35 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Who is in the story?

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can find the character and put the events of a story in order.

A Look back3 min

1.
Circle the sound in the middle of 'ship'.
ship
2.
Circle the word for the empty box in the story pattern.
beginningmiddleend
3.
Look at the scale. Circle the feeling word at the sunny end.
sadhappytired

B Watch me, then you4 min

Mia wants to know why her plant looks droopy. Watch what she does in the story.

Watch me

Mia is the character. She is the person the story is about.

The plot is what happens, in order: she looks, checks and moves the plant.

What might happen next? A clever guess like that is a prediction.

Now you

1.
Ruth bakes a cake. Number these steps 1, 2 and 3 in the order they happen.
1. Ruth puts the cake in the oven.
2. Ruth weighs the flour.
3. Ruth mixes the flour and butter.
2.
In Ruth's story, who is the character? Circle the name.
Ruththe cake

C Your turn8 min

Read each short story. Find the character, then put the events in order.

A pond with two ducks next to a half-painted red fence and a paint pot

1.
Ali feeds the ducks at the pond. Circle the character.
Alithe pond
2.
Nell paints a red fence. Circle the character.
Nellthe fence
3.
Nell paints her fence red. Number these events 1, 2 and 3 in the order they happen.
1. The fence is red.
2. Nell gets the paint pot.
3. Nell paints the fence.
4.
Ali feeds the ducks and smiles. Circle the word that tells how Ali feels.
gladcrosshungry

Say it out loud: What changed from the last question? Tell your grown-up in your own words.

D Spot the mistake3 min

A pond with reeds at the edge and two ducks swimming

Lou says: “The pond is the character, because it is in the story.”

1.
Ali sits by the pond and reads a book. Circle the real character.
Alithe pond

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Make up a short story with one named character and three things that happen. Tell it to your grown-up, then write the three events.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Who is in the story? · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. i If they circled 'sh' or 'p', ask your child to say 'ship' slowly and tap each sound on the table.

2. middle If they circled 'end', ask what happens between the start and the finish of a story.

3. happy If they circled 'sad', point to the sunny end of the scale and ask which feeling is up there.

B

1. 1 Ruth weighs the flour. · 2 Ruth mixes the flour and butter. · 3 Ruth puts the cake in the oven. If the oven comes first, ask your child what Ruth needs before the cake can go in.

2. Ruth If they circled 'the cake', ask your child: who does the baking? The character is the one who does things in the story.

C

1. Ali

2. Nell

3. 1 Nell gets the paint pot. · 2 Nell paints the fence. · 3 The fence is red.

4. glad

D

1. Ali Lou thinks anything in the story is a character. Ask your child who does something in the story. That one is the character.

E

1. Look for: A short story with one named character and three events that happen in a sensible order, first, next and last.

Words to use

Say“Who is the story about? What happens first, next and last?”

Instead of“Just tell them the answer, or say the story is too easy for them.”

After the sheet

At tea, make up a story about a toy character. Ask what it does first, next and last, then swap roles.

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The rest of this unit

4 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Feelings change in stories(with a plan)
Describing Ada Twist(with a plan)
All about me(with a plan)
Words that tell how(with a plan)

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