Writing
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When Did That Happen?

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An awesome packet teaches individuals how to chronologically order and sequence events. The resource also provides practice that immediately follows the different ways to order events. Lastly, learners read a newspaper article...
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Lakeshore Learning

What's Next? Sequencing Story

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
First, next, then, and, finally are the words in focus of a sequencing lesson plan. Scholars listen to a read aloud of the tale "Lost in the Fog," and take part in a grand conversation about the story's sequence...
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E Reading Worksheets

Summarizing Text

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Help learners find the most important information in a text with a lesson on summarizing. As kids read through a passage about Johannes Gutenberg, they summarize small excerpts, put events in sequential order, and respond to two longer...
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Sequence, Predict, Infer: Pink and Say

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Practice sequencing with your 2nd graders via Patricia Polacco's Civil War book Pink and Say. Begin with a blindfold and a bag of mystery items. Connect their use of clues to identify what they can't see with the skill of making...
Lesson Plan
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Listening Comprehension: Retell Main Events of a Story

For Teachers K
Story retell is a very important skill. Little learners use a story map and a previously heard story to walk through the retell and story sequencing process. They complete this activity as a whole class and then on their own. 
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Model Me Kids

Model Me Going Places 2

For Students K - 12th
Social stories are wonderful teaching tools specifically designed for learners with Asperger's, autism, PDD-NOS, non-verbal learning disabilities, or other developmental disabilities. They are used to model appropriate social behaviors...
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Sequencing / Story Events

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read a story and use sentence strips to order story events.  In this sequencing lesson, students learn new vocabulary words centered around the story Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, preview the story, make predictions...
Lesson Plan
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Pumpkin Carving Sequencer

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students arrange illustrations in sequential order. In this text organization instructional activity, students access a webpage where they must follow the instructions to learn about the steps of pumpkin carving. Students then click and...
Lesson Plan
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Sequence Clue Words (Part 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Does your class know they can use sequence words such as, next, finally, after, and then to better understand the sequence of a story? First they discuss sequential order and sequence words, then they look for sequence words as they...
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K5 Learning

Making Cookies

For Students 1st Standards
What kind of cookies is Greg making? Can class members identify the order in which each ingredient is added? After reading a brief passage, pupils respond to four short answer comprehension questions.
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British Council

Romeo and Juliet

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
An engaging video featuring William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is accompanied by six activities designed to reinforce vocabulary, story elements, and comprehension. Scholars match words to pictures, place events in sequential order,...
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Get in Order

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils practice putting events from a written passage in chronological order, both in groups and individually.
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Sequence Clue Words (part 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
If you've already discussed using sequence words to determine the sequence of events in a story, then a follow up lesson is definitely in order. They read the story, My Apron by Eric Carle and look at the sequence clue words such as...
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National WWII Museum

World War II in Photographs

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this activity is worth so much more! Learners closely analyze a series of photographs from World War II, matching them with their appropriate captions and sequencing them into a correct...
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Teachers' Domain

Sequencing: Princess Fairy Tales

For Teachers K - 4th
Review with your young readers the course of events in typical fairy tales with princes, princesses, and dragons. Then read either The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch or Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole to compare these two...
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Sequence and Retell - The Napping House

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners sequence the story The Napping House by keeping trace of the characters in order. In this sequencing lesson plan, students also retell the story as they sequence.
Worksheet
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My Grandpa

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sequencing parts of a story instructional activity, learners read a short story, observe pictures, and number the pictures in the correct order. Students write 6 answers.
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Sequencing Our Day

For Teachers K
Students focus on translating the real experience of an ordinary day into a representation of it to assist with recall and stimulate expressive language. They compose picture captions to match visual representations of events of the...
Worksheet
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The Hole Story

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this filling in the blanks and sequencing learning exercise, learners use words from the word box to complete the sentences and number the pictures to show the order of events in the short story. Learners write 8 answers.
Worksheet
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The Band

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this identifying words spelled with "-ang" activity, students use the word bank to fill in the blanks with -ang words and then number the pictures in order. Students write 9 answers.
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Famous Women in American History: Rose Freedman

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read about Rose Freedman, a famous American woman. In this famous women in American history lesson, 4th graders read a story about Rose Freedman, answer comprehension questions, and complete an associated worksheet. They...
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Identifying Lines of Symmetry and Creating Reflections over a Line

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Fifth graders review the concept of a line of symmetry by using pieces of paper that have pictures such as, letters of the alphabet, polygons, and designs made from polygons in order to determine if they have symmetry. The fine,...
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Beginning and End

For Teachers K Standards
Are you working onevent sequence in your kindergarten class? Use a reading activity to have your kids discuss events from the story, and put them in order. They then cut and paste them in the correct order. A great project for any story!
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study folktales and their characteristics. After brainstorming what they know about Africa, 2nd graders read a book about mosquitoes. In groups, students develop a graphic organizer about the characteristics of the...