Grade 3 · Reading · Lesson 13

Sequence Story Events

When you read a story, the events happen in a certain order. Putting them in the right order is called sequencing. Good readers track what happened first, next, and last so they can follow the story and retell it clearly.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the first, next, and last events in a story
2Use sequence words such as first, then, next, and finally to retell events in order
3Explain why the order of events matters in a story

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