About This Worksheet
This 1st grade reading worksheet helps students figure out who is telling a story by paying attention to point-of-view clues. Children read a short passage about a student getting ready for school, eating breakfast, grabbing a backpack, and walking to the bus stop. They then answer questions about the narrator and use the word I as an important clue. The activity gives young readers a simple introduction to recognizing first-person point of view.
Learning Goals
The main goal is to help students recognize when a character inside a story is the narrator. Children learn that words such as I, me, and my often show that someone in the story is speaking from a first-person point of view. They also practice distinguishing between a character telling the story and an outside narrator. These skills support reading comprehension, narrator identification, and early understanding of point of view.
Student Tasks
Students read the short school-morning passage and answer three multiple-choice questions. They identify who is telling the story, choose the clue word that helped them decide, and determine whether the narrator is someone inside or outside the story. Children can return to the passage and underline I before choosing their answers.
Common Challenges
Some students may think the author is always the person telling a story. Others may notice the school setting but overlook the repeated use of I. A teacher or parent can ask, “Is the person telling us what happened to them, or are they telling us about somebody else?” Pointing out one first-person clue at a time can make the distinction easier.
Teaching Suggestions
Teachers can read one sentence aloud and replace I with a character’s name so students can hear how the point of view changes. Parents and homeschool educators can ask children to circle every I in the passage before answering the questions. It may also help to have students retell one event using he or she and compare the two versions. This makes the narrator’s role easier to hear and understand.
Worksheet Features
The worksheet includes one short first-person passage and three multiple-choice questions about the narrator. Familiar school-morning events keep the reading accessible for 1st grade students. The questions move from identifying the speaker to finding textual evidence and deciding whether the storyteller is inside the story. This printable works well for guided reading, point-of-view lessons, literacy centers, or homework.