Lesson - 6th and 7th Sequence of Events

Sequence of Events

Lesson 1

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1. How did the thirsty crow get a drink? Write a 1, 2, 3, or 4 to correctly order the events from the paragraph (Look on the board to review the paragraph).

__A. The crow dropped another pebble in the pitcher, and another, and another.

__B. The crow had an idea.

__C. The crow took a long drink of water.

__D. The crow saw a glass pitcher that had some water in it.

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2. What is one way a sinkhole can happen? Put these events from the paragraph above in the correct order from first to last.

__A. A heavy rain storm or a flood washes the rock away.

__B. There is a rock under the surface of the ground.

__C. An empty hole is left under the ground where the rock once was.

__D. The grass, dirt, and roads all fall down and a huge hole opens up.

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Put these events from Jacques Cousteau’s life in order from first to last.

__A. He learned to swim.

__B. He met with a French engineer and made an “aqua lung.”

__C. He bought a movie camera.

__D. He joined the French navy and got the chance to travel the ocean.

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How does a spider make a web? Put these events from the paragraph above in order from first to last.

__A. The spider goes over the whole web with sticky silk.

__B. The spider covers the Y with more threads in the shape of a circle.

__C. The spider spins a thread of dry silk between two objects.

__D. The spider makes two more threads of dry silk that are attached to the first thread.

Poll

Rate your confidence in putting events in sequential order.

• I'm very confident.

• I'm fairly confident I can do this well.

• I'm not confident. I need extra practice.

Open your Personal Narrative packets. Work on the Sequence of Events worksheets.