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Book report template for 1st grade
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).
🦉 Book report · 1st gradeName ____________ Date ________
Title and author___ by ___
CharactersDraw them and write their names.
SettingIt happens…
BeginningFirst,…
MiddleNext,…
EndLast,…
My favourite partMy favourite part is… because…
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A worked example: The Three Little Pigs
- 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.