Beginning, Middle, and End Worksheet

The worksheet is designed for a teacher-read narrative rather than a supplied passage. Learners record the story title, recall what happens at each major stage, and retell the events across beginning, middle, and end sections. The three-part structure helps them preserve chronology while selecting only the important actions. Because the source story remains open, teachers can reuse the organizer with different read-alouds and adjust the writing or drawing expectation.

Grades: Preschool, K–1
File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Subject: Reading, ELA
Topic: Sequencing, Summarizing
Resource types: Graphic Organizers, Teacher Tools, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation: Print ready

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This worksheet is perfect for helping students to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. By writing out what happens at each stage of the story, students will be able to better understand the flow and overall structure of the story. This is a great resource for teachers who are looking to help their students improve their reading comprehension skills.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Retell a heard story in chronological order
Separate narrative events into three structural stages
Select important events for a concise retelling

Teaching tips

Pause after the read-aloud and rehearse one event for each stage orally.
Have learners check whether a listener could reconstruct the story from the three responses.

Skills covered

Listening comprehension — information is recalled from a teacher-read story.
Narrative structure — events are grouped as beginning, middle, and end.
Retelling — central actions are restated in sequence.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Beginning middle end
Story retelling
Listening comprehension

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