We can use the 1st grade way to summarize a long story by looking at the start and the end. Say the story is a long journey of a man across a big land. At the start, he left his home. At the end, he reached a new place. So the summary could be 'A man left his home and reached a new place'. It's about just getting the main points without all the in - between details.
For a long story, a 1st grade way would be to pick the main person and the biggest thing they did. Like in a long story about a princess saving her kingdom, the summary could be 'The princess saved her kingdom'.
A 1st grade way to summarize a story could be to just say who the main character is and what they did. For example, if the story is about a little girl who found a lost puppy and took it home, the summary could be 'A girl found a puppy and took it home'.
We can use the list of 1st grade stories for reading aloud sessions. This helps students improve their listening skills. For example, reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' aloud and pausing to ask simple questions like 'What did the caterpillar eat next?'
Speak clearly and slowly. 1st graders have short attention spans, so make sure your voice is easy to follow. Use simple words and short sentences. For example, don't use big, complicated words like 'ponder' or 'contemplate'. Instead, say 'think' or 'wonder'. Also, use lots of expressions in your face and hands to make the story more exciting.
One way is to use pictures. Show pictures that represent each part of the story in order. For example, for a story about planting a flower, show a picture of getting the seeds, then digging the hole, and finally watering the plant. Another way is to have the kids act out the story. They can be the characters and perform the events in sequence.
Use colorful pictures. Kids in 1st grade love colors. Show pictures of the story characters and let them talk about what they see. Also, use puppets to act out the characters' parts in the story. It will be very engaging for them.
Relating to real life. Teachers can connect the events in the story to the kids' real - life experiences. For example, if the story is about a birthday party, the teacher can talk about the kids' own birthday parties. This makes the story more relevant and interesting for the first graders, and also helps them to better understand the story.
If the pictures are not related to inappropriate content, we can use them for art creation, like using the pictures as references for drawing or writing a proper story with some elements from the story but in a clean and positive way.
One simple way is to choose a sequence of pictures that follow a logical order. For example, if you want to tell a story about a day at the beach, you can start with a picture of a person waking up early in the morning, then a picture of them packing beach gear, followed by a picture of arriving at the beach, playing in the sand, and finally watching the sunset. Each picture represents a part of the story, and when put together, they form a complete narrative.
You can say 'To cut a long story short, we finally reached the destination after a lot of difficulties.'
If the '1st grade sh story' is about friendship, we can learn the importance of being kind and sharing with others.