What Happened Next?

And Then What Happened?
Reading/Sequencing Read aloud any version of the story of the gingerbread boy or the little red hen. Have children draw pictures of the people, animals or events that take place in the story. Have them hold up the pictures in the correct sequence as they retell the story in their own words.

Sequencing: A Strategy to Succeed at Reading Comprehension
Most stories have a very definite sequence of events. Students gain a deeper understanding of the story by exploring this sequence. In this lesson, students develop verbal and visual representations of events from the story of the U.S. folklore character Paul Bunyan. Students work together to put these events in sequential order on an informal timeline. Students then further explore sequence by writing a journal entry about how sequence can help increase their comprehension when reading.

Sequence Story Quilt
Using this lesson, students will be able to retell a story using the sequence comprehension skill.

Sequencing The Mitten
This differentiated lesson provides a hands-on lesson for teaching sequencing using the popular children's book, "The Mitten" by Jan Brett.

Move Over: A Sequencing Lesson
Students will develop a story demonstrating their knowledge of sequencing and list key sequencing words.

Sequencing: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
This lesson is designed to introduce this skill to primary students using the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. In this lesson, students discuss events at the beginning, middle, and end of the story, and then sequence the events.