What happens next? Work on story sequence with a lesson that prompts kids to put a story back in order. Additionally, they discuss what would happen if one event was missing from the sequence.

Concepts

story structure, story sequencing, plot structure, chronological order, sequence of events

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create sentence strips for any other story you're reading
• Give the strips to small groups and have them put the events in order together
• Use pictures without words for the events in story, and scramble the pictures for kids to put back in correct order

Pros

• The activity is differentiated into three different reading levels
• Provides sentence strips and teaching tips on the worksheet
• Encourages critical and creative thinking

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.3.3 RI.3.8