The Great Kapok Tree By Lynn Cherry

Sequencing Freebie

by Laura Ado

First Grade Spies

Name ___________________________

The Great Kapok Tree

Cut the pieces of the story out and glue them in the correct order as they happened in the story.

The jaguar told man, “The Kapok tree is home to many birds and animals. If you cut it down, where will I find my dinner?”

The porcupine told the man, “If you cut down the forests you will destroy that which gives us life.”

A man walked into the rain forest.

The man dropped the axe and walked out of the Rain Forest

A boa said to the man, “This tree is my home. Do not chop it down.”

The anteater said, “You are chopping down this tree with no thought for the future.”

A toucan told the man, “You must not cut down this tree. Once you begin to chop down the trees. The forest will disappear.”

The child whispered to the man, “When you awake, please look upon us all with new eyes.”

The man fell asleep by the tree.

A bee told the man, “Our home is in this Kapok tree. All living things depend on one another.”

A sloth slowly told the man, “If you destroy the beauty of the rain forest, on what will you feast your eyes?”

The monkeys chattered to the man, “We have seen the way of man, you chop down one tree then come back for another and another.”

A tree frog squeaked, “A ruined rain forest means ruined lives, many ruined lives!”