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Listening, retelling and understanding stories. 35 skills from Senior Kindergarten to Grade 6, each a short lesson in Star Steps that explains the idea first, then practises it.
- 35 skills
- Senior Kindergarten to Grade 6
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Senior Kindergarten
5 skills · ages 5 to 6. Everything in Senior Kindergarten
- Listening to a StoryEars and eyes
- Who Is In The StoryMeeting characters
- What Happened FirstPutting a story in order
- My Favourite StorySaying why you like it
- Making Up a StoryYour own tale
Try a question
If you enjoyed a story, you could ask to hear it?
- never
- backwards
- in silence
- again
Answer: again
Grade 1
5 skills · ages 6 to 7. Everything in Grade 1
- Beginning, Middle, EndEvery story has three parts
- Who Is In The StoryMeeting the characters
- What Happens NextGuessing from clues
- Where Stories HappenThe place of the tale
- What a Story TeachesThe message at the end
Try a question
The person who drew the pictures in a story book is the?
- illustrator
- teacher
- author
- reader
Answer: illustrator
Grade 2
5 skills · ages 7 to 8. Everything in Grade 2
- Where It HappensThe setting of a story
- Feelings in StoriesHow characters feel and why
- Retelling a StorySaying it again, in order
- Putting Events in OrderFirst, next, last
- Talking About CharactersSaying what you think
Try a question
A beach setting usually makes a story feel?
- gloomy
- bright
- frightening
- cold
Answer: bright
Grade 3
5 skills · ages 8 to 9. Everything in Grade 3
- The ProblemEvery story needs trouble
- Characters ChangeDifferent at the end
- Real or Made UpFiction and non-fiction
- Two VersionsThe same tale told twice
- Planning Your Own StoryBefore you write
Try a question
A story where a character must find a lost dog has a problem of something being?
- bought
- found
- lost
- sold
Answer: lost
Grade 4
5 skills · ages 9 to 10. Everything in Grade 4
- Who Is Telling ItThe voice behind the story
- Clues and PredictionsReading between the lines
- Comparing StoriesTwo tales, side by side
- The Problem in a StoryWhat stands in the way
- Reading a PoemSound and meaning
Try a question
A story that uses the word I is told in the?
- third person
- past tense only
- second person
- first person
Answer: first person
Grade 5
5 skills · ages 10 to 11. Everything in Grade 5
- ThemeWhat the story is really about
- DescriptionMaking a reader see it
- DialogueCharacters talking
- Narrative VoiceWho speaks matters
- GenresFamilies of story
Try a question
A theme is best supported by pointing to?
- the cover
- the length
- your opinion only
- evidence in the text
Answer: evidence in the text
Grade 6
5 skills · ages 11 to 12. Everything in Grade 6
- Point of ViewWhose eyes are we using
- Persuasion in WritingSpotting the techniques
- SummarisingShort, but still true
- Story StructureThe shape underneath
- Reading CloselyEvidence from the text
Try a question
The perspective from which a story is told is its point of?
- view
- order
- theme
- plot
Answer: view
