Sequence

Reading Street

Unit 1 Week 3

Created by Kristi Waltke

Let’s Review

Good readers summarize. As they read, they pause to sum up the important ideas or events.

This helps them remember the information.

As you read a story, note the main events.

After you read, ask yourself what the main events were and in what order they occurred.

Author’s PurposeThe author’s purpose is the

reason or reasons the author

has for writing.

An author may write to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express ideas and feelings.

An author may have more than one purpose within a story. You will often be

asked question about why an author includes what he or she does in a story.

Sequence•  Sequence means the order in which

    things happen.

• Dates, times, and clue words such as first, then, next, and last can help you understand the order of events.

• Sometimes two or more events happen at    the same time. Words such as meanwhile and during can show this.

First Event Second

Event ThirdEvent Fourth

Event

Here is a sequence question you had on your test a few weeks ago. Notice the

word before. Before is a clue word for a sequence question.

What happened before Opal found Winn-Dixie?

• She took her dog to the library.

• Miss Franny told her a bear story.

• She moved to Naomi, Florida.

• She made a new friend.

If you think about the order of the story, yourealize that Opal moved to Naomi before

she found Winn-Dixie and before the otherevents from the story took place.

Here is a sequence question you had on your test a few weeks ago. Notice the

clue phrase “at the same time.”

What happened at the same time Amanda walked into the library?

• Winn-Dixie barked at Amanda.

• Amanda thought she saw a bear.

• Miss Franny and Opal became friends.

• Miss Franny began telling a story.

This question was a little tough because it wasn’t written down exactly in the story. You had to think about what happened at

the same time Amanda walked in.

Put the events from

Lewis and Clark and Me in order.Meriwether Lewis was looking for a dog to go

with him on his expedition.

One of the indians called Seamen “Bear-dog.”

Seamen brought the squirrels back to Lewis.

first next last

first

next

last

Put the events from

Grandfather’s Journey in order.Grandfather explored North America by train

and riverboat.

Grandfather journeyed on a steamship.

Grandfather left his home in Japan.

first next last

first

next

last

Did Grandfather buy European clothes before or after he got on the steamship?

How do you know?

Before After

He wore his clothes on the ship.

Remember that

sequence is the order in which events happen.