Sequencing Events of a Story Reading Comprehension Passage and Activities

Sequencing events helps kids comprehend, retell, and summarize better! This resource gives students the tools they need to sequence events. Students practice this skill with a hands-on activity in groups which is used to build an anchor chart, participate in discussions during a modeled lesson, get practice with differentiated task cards, and apply their learning with reading responses and a graphic organizer. Hands-on materials make learning stick!Included in this product...Teacher Tips Page: the gradual release model to teach reading strategiesPrintable posters (2) Mentor text listTips for using mentor texts to teach main ideaHands on introduction activity directions: What Happens Next?Event cards, response sheet, and answer key for sorting during the What Happens Next?Anchor chart and materials for building the chart during the hands-on lessonGuided Practice: a reading comprehension passage to use during read aloud or shared reading to introduce the sequencing events of a story with a think-aloud. Includes guiding questions for using the strategy and possible responses.Sequencing Events Task Cards: 3 cards at each level, 3 different levelsReading response sheets with sentence starter scaffolds (2 versions)Graphic organizer reading responseStrategy BookmarksYou may also be interested in...Author's Purpose Strategy MiniPack Main Idea Strategy MiniPackGenre Study Organizers and Printables for Third GradeHappy Teaching!Feedback and/or a rating is appreciated!For more free and affordable teaching products, follow my store!