Sequencing Lessons

Kate Guendoo
Comprehension Lessons: SEQUENCING

Grade: Kindergarten
SOLs:
English
K.9 The student will demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.
e) Use story language in discussions and retellings.
f) Retell familiar stories, using beginning, middle, and end.
Context:
The students have been doing sequencing activities in the units in other subjects,
so they are familiar with this concept. While they have not yet applied this
concept to retelling or a story, their familiarity with sequencing will help them
apply it to reading.
Learning Objectives:
The students will
understand that stories
have different parts and
can be retold using these
parts.
The students will know that a

story has three parts: the
beginning, middle, and end.
The students will

sequence the parts of a
story and retell the story
using these parts.
Assessment:
Objective
The students will understand that stories
have different parts and can be retold using
these parts.
The students will know that a story has

three parts: the beginning, middle, and end.
Assessment
Throughout and after the activity, the
students will talk about the three different
parts of the story. I will ask the students
how they knew where to place the pictures
after listening to the story.
The students will verbally name the three
parts of the story in order.
The students will sequence the parts of a

story and retell the story using these parts.
The students will place pictures from the

story on a strip of paper.
Materials:
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Kokos Kitten by Dr. Francine Patterson
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Beginning, middle, end strips & full sheet (attached)

Pictures from stories (attached)
Scissors
Glue sticks
Crayons
Procedure
Before each lesson, cut the beginning, middle, end strips and picture strips for
individual students.
Day One
MODELING/WITH TEACHER
HELP
Day Two
INDEPENDENT/SMALL
GROUP
Day Three
INDEPENDENT WITHOUT
PICTURES
Explain why knowing how to

retell a story is important if
you hear a cool story, you
have to know how to tell it in
order so it makes sense when
you share it with someone.
Refer back to previous

lesson and ask students to
recall the three parts of a
story. Ask the students to
explain why we need to
know these parts.
Recall the parts of a story.

Talk about how we retold
the story about Corduroy
and the story about Koko.
This time, the students will
get to draw their own
pictures to retell the story
we read. Encourage the
students to think about the
three parts of the story as we
read.
Explain 3 parts of a story

Beginning
Middle
End
Explain that this time, we

will be reading a true story
about a gorilla that wants a
kitten for her birthday. We
can listen and look for the
beginning, middle, and end in
Read Corduroy, stopping to
explain thinking, noticing the this story, too.
three parts of the story.
Read Kokos Kitten END AT
P. 7 - beginning: girl
sees/wants the bear. Koko tickles Ball.
P. 17 middle: the
girl wanted him, then Beginning: Koko asks for
a kitten
he went to look for
Middle: Koko chooses
his button.
Ball.
P. 32 At the end,
End: Koko and Ball play.

the girl brought him
home.
Recall activity from Corduroy
lesson. Explain that this time
Explain to the students that
they will cut out the pictures they will do it by themselves.
and put them in order help If they need help, they may
ask the other students.
them recognize beginning
sounds to read beginning,
middle, and end on their Have the students retell the
story using the pictures.
papers (empty space is for
the cover).
Read Bear Snores On. Point

out different events that
happen in the story without
explicitly defining the
beginning, middle, and end.
Ask the students what
happened in the three parts
of the story (there may be
multiple answers for the
middle).
Tell the students to draw
pictures of the three parts of
the story so they can use
their own pictures to retell it
just like we did with the
pictures from the other
stories.
If students are struggling,
Help the students order the

pictures based on what we
discussed during the read
aloud.
What happened in
the beginning?
What are some
things that happened
after that, in the
middle of our story?
What happened last?
Discuss how learning how to

retell stories is important for
true stories too. There is a
beginning, middle, and end in
books we read and stories we
tell about our life.
they may use the teacherprovided pictures.

Encourage them to add to
the pictures.
Practice retelling the story
using the pictures.
As students finish, have

them retell the story using
the pictures.
Ask if they remember
anything else that happened
in the middle.
Closure: Reiterate
importance of knowing the
parts to retell a story with
the parts in order.
Reflection:
Strengths & weaknesses
Growth what changes as a result of multiple lessons on the same strategy
Examples
How the lesson changed from initial plan
Changes for future teaching of the lesson will you use it? What will need to be in
place?
Compare to what youve done before
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Sequencing Lessons

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Kate Guendoo

Comprehension Lessons: SEQUENCING

The students will know that a

The students will

The students will know that a story has

The students will sequence the parts of a

The students will place pictures from the

Beginning, middle, end strips & full sheet (attached)

Explain why knowing how to

Refer back to previous

Recall the parts of a story.

Explain 3 parts of a story

Explain that this time, we

End: Koko and Ball play.

Read Bear Snores On. Point

Help the students order the

Discuss how learning how to

they may use the teacherprovided pictures.

As students finish, have

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