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|Reading Lesson: Sequence of Events |Grade Level: 3 |

|Lesson Summary: Students will understand and identify the sequence of events in a story. Students will pay attention to the sequence of events in the selection. |

|They will practice arranging events in correct sequence using the Activity Worksheet. Students will then write events of a story on index cards, the teacher will |

|post them, and students will arrange them in proper order. Advanced learners will write stories in mixed-up order then swap with a partner who will rearrange them |

|correctly. Struggling learners will look at favorite stories and consider what might happen if events happened in a different order. |

|Lesson Objectives: |

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|The students will know that… |

|that events in a story happen in a certain sequence. |

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|The students will be able to… |

|identify the correct sequence of events in a story. |

|Learning Styles Targeted: |

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|Visual |

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|Auditory |

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|Kinesthetic/Tactile |

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|Pre-Assessment: |

|Post a short mixed-up story on the board. For example: When we left the movie, the sun was out. My mom took me to the movies. It rained over vacation, and I was |

|sad. We got to go to the park and play! |

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|Ask students to identify what is wrong with the story. The correct order should be: It rained over vacation, and I was sad. My mom took me to the movies. When we |

|left the movie, the sun was out. We got to go to the park and play! |

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|Explain that the events of a story have to happen in a certain sequence, or order. |

|Whole-Class Instruction |

|Materials Needed: “Class Trip to Japan”*, Activity Worksheet*, index cards, pencils or pens |

|Procedure: |

|Presentation: |

|Distribute “Class Trip to Japan”* to the class. |

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|Ask students to pay attention to the sequence of events as they read the story. |

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|Guided Practice: |

|Read “Class Trip to Japan” aloud. |

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|Ask students to identify the sequence of events in the story. |

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|Independent Practice: |

|Using the worksheet*, have students put the events in a story in the correct sequence. |

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|Closing Activity: |

|Write events from a story recently read in class on index cards. |

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|Post the cards in mixed-up order on the board. |

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|Have students identify the correct sequence of events and place the cards in order to tell the story correctly. |

|Advanced Learner |

|Materials Needed: paper and pencils or pens |

|Procedure: |

|Ask students to work with a partner. |

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|Have one student write a mixed-up story and the other student put the events in the correct sequence. |

|Struggling Learner |

|Materials Needed: selected stories |

|Procedure: |

|Ask students to choose a favorite story. |

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|Have students share their story with the class and explain what might happen if the events in the story happened in a different sequence. |

*see supplemental resources

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