SequenceComprehension Skill

First Grade Unit 2 Week 4

Created by Kristi Waltke

Let’s Review

The main idea of a story is what the story is mostly

about.

Cause and Effect

A cause is something that makes something else

happen.

An effect is what happens.

The cause is the girl swings the club and hits the ball.

The effect is the ball moves.

The reason an author writes a story is called

Author’s Purpose.

Authors may write to be funny or to entertain readers.

Authors may write to explain something or give information.

The order that events take place

is called Sequence. Words like first, next and last

help readers figure out the order of events. Good readers

pay attention to the order in which things happen.

First put the meat and cheese on the bread.

Next close the sandwich.Last eat the sandwich.

Put the ordinal words by the correct sentence.

Grandma put the fish in a hot pan.

Max got a red ball in his net.

Grandma bought a fat fish.

first next last

last

firstnext

Put the ordinal words by the correct sentence.

The kids went on stage.

The cat came out with the hat on.

The kids made animal masks.

first next last

last

first

next

Put the ordinal words by the correct sentence.

He sees a herd of triceratops.

Big T. Rex wakes up.

He runs up and down the slope.

first next last

last

firstnext

Put the ordinal words by the correct sentence.

The herd sees T. Rex coming.

The baby gets inside the circle.

The herd makes a big circle.

first next last

last

first

next

Figuring out the sequence of events will help you become a

super reader!