This sequencing pictures worksheet has kindergarten students number four sandwich-making pictures in order and finish four First, Next, Then, Last sentences. An answer key is included to make checking quick.
This sequence of events activity helps preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade children put picture cards in order and retell stories with first, next, then, and last. An answer key is included.
In this picture sequencing activity, Kindergarten to 2nd Grade children put five color sets of cards in order on a First, Next, Last board. Answer key included.
This retelling using key details activity helps kindergarten to 3rd grade students sort key events, put them in order, and retell a story, with an answer key included.
This retelling stories activity has Kindergarten to 2nd Grade students order picture and sentence cards, then retell a pool-day story. Answer key included to check every card.
This brushing your teeth sequencing activity helps K-2nd grade students retell a short story in order with picture cards, sentence cards and a story mat. Answer key included.
This falling leaves sight words activity has children build a fall poem and hunt for 12 leaf words. Made for Kindergarten and 1st grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
This identifying parts of a story worksheet helps kindergarten readers name the characters, setting, and beginning, middle, and end of a short bird story, with an answer key included for easy checking.
UsingFind the Missing Letters Sequencing Activity, students place alphabet letter cards to complete the alphabet sequences.
Using RL.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson,students retellfamiliar stories, including key details with support and prompting.
This frog and a log position words activity helps K-2nd Grade children match picture cards to on, under, above, next to, in front of and behind, with practice and an answer key included.
This apple multiple skills activity has Kindergarten and 1st grade students read sight word sentences, match them to pictures and sequence an apple tree's growth. Answer key included.
Using Retell the Story Activity,students read “Floppy Ears” aloud to students and then use the question chart to assess students ability to retell the story.
Using Describing An Experience Worksheet, students write or draw about an important experience by including events in order.
First, next, then... story time!
Sequencing is putting things in the order they happened, and kindergartners start with their own day. Wake up, brush teeth, eat breakfast! Soon they move to three or four story pictures and the magic words first, next, then, last. Kids learn to look for clues (the egg comes before the chick!) and to retell a short story with the beginning, middle and end in the right spots. The click moment is when a child stops and says, "Wait, that one can't go first!"
Little learners need to see it, touch it and say it out loud. These are the moves we lean on every year.
Start with pictures, not words. Kids cut apart three or four scenes, line them up on the desk, and only glue once they can tell the story aloud to a partner using first, next and last. If the story sounds silly, they swap a picture and try again.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withSequencing Pictures WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Routines kids already know make the best first sequences. Hold up the brushing-your-teeth cards out of order and let the class fix them, then act it out together: squeeze the toothpaste, brush, rinse, spit! Moving their bodies helps them feel why order matters.
Why it works: playful practice with a clear goal keeps kids practicing longer, and simple learning games have been shown to build real skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withBrushing Your Teeth Sequencing ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Sequencing grows with short, steady practice. After every read-aloud, pick just three moments and ask kids to put them in order on the board. It takes two minutes, and by spring they are retelling whole stories on their own.
Why it works: short practice spread over several days beats one long session, according to a large review of learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withSequence of Events ActivityActivitiesOpen it →These turn ordering into a game, and kids ask for them again and again.
ActivitiesHand a partner team a jumbled set of picture cards and a sand timer. Can they fix the story before the sand runs out?
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ActivitiesKids hold up one finger for each part as they retell: beginning, middle, end. Puppets or stuffed animals make it even sillier.
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ActivitiesAfter a favorite book, let one child be the teacher and retell it to the class while friends shout "next!" to keep the order going.
Open Retelling Stories Activity →Teacher favorites right now: Song About A Song, Sequencing Pictures Worksheet and Sequence of Events Activity.
Sequencing means putting events in the order they happened. Kindergartners practice with picture cards, daily routines and short stories, using words like first, next, then and last.
Start with something they live every day, like getting dressed or making a sandwich. Take photos or draw quick pictures, mix them up, and let your child put them back in order and tell you about it.
Begin with three pictures, then move to four once kids are confident. Many kindergartners are ready for a simple beginning, middle and end retell by the middle of the year.
Knowing the order of events is what makes retelling and comprehension possible. Kids who can sequence a story can also explain what happened and why, which is a big step toward understanding what they read.
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