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Book report template for 1st grade

A 1st grade book report retells the story in order with sentence starters (First, Next, Last), names the characters and the place, and gives one reason the child liked it.

What a 1st grade report usually shows

  • Title and author
  • Characters and setting
  • Beginning, middle and end in order
  • A favourite part with a because

Teachers differ, so a class's own instructions come first. This frame covers what most ask for at this age (6 to 7).

A worked example: The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs is free to read on Peabody (level 5, about 200 words), so the example can be checked against the story itself.

Title and author
The Three Little Pigs, an old English folk tale, retold by Peabody.
Characters
(A drawing: Three little pigs and the big bad wolf.)
Setting
It happens at the three pigs' houses.
Beginning
First, the pigs build houses of straw, sticks and bricks.
Middle
Next, the wolf huffs and puffs and blows down the straw house and the stick house.
End
Last, the wolf comes down the chimney, lands in the pot and runs away for good.
My favourite part
My favourite part is when the brick house does not fall, because all three pigs are safe inside.

The review version

Shorter, and opinion first: for a book a child chose themselves, or a quick check after a club meeting.

🦉 Book review · 1st gradeName ____________ Date ________
StarsColour in the stars: how much did you like it?
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Who would like it?Who would you read it to?
Best partDraw the best part.
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For the grown-up helping

Sentence starters do the hard part. If a child gets stuck on Next, ask what happened after the first thing, and let them say it before writing.

Need a book at the right level first? Books for level 5, or the levels index.

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