Sequencing Events — Answer Key
Part A: Read and Answer
Lily and her dad baked cookies together. First, they mixed flour, sugar, and butter in a big bowl. Next, they added eggs and stirred the dough. Then, they rolled the dough into small balls and put them on a tray. After that, Dad put the tray in the hot oven. Last, they let the cookies cool and ate them. Read the passage. Then answer.
1. First, they mixed flour, sugar, and butter in a big bowl.
Butter is one of the first ingredients combined to start the cookie dough. Mixing the dry and wet ingredients together is always the first step in baking cookies.
2. Next, they added eggs and stirred the dough.
Eggs are added as the next ingredient after the initial mix. The word Next signals this is the second step in the baking sequence.
3. Then, they rolled the dough into small balls.
Rolling the dough into balls is the third step, shaping the cookies before baking. The word Then signals this happens in the middle of the sequence.
4. Dad put the tray in the hot oven.
After the dough balls are formed, they go on a tray into the oven to bake. The oven is where the raw dough transforms into finished cookies.
5. Last, they let the cookies cool and ate them.
Letting the cookies cool is the last step before eating them. The word Last signals this is the final action in the whole baking sequence.
6. Lily baked cookies with her dad.
The story tells us Lily baked cookies with her dad, establishing the two characters who complete the sequence of baking steps together.
7. They stirred the dough after adding eggs.
Once eggs are added to the flour, sugar, and butter mixture, it becomes dough. Stirring the dough comes right after the eggs are added.
8. They put the dough balls on a tray.
The dough balls are placed on a tray before going into the oven. A tray holds the cookies so they can bake evenly in the heat.
9. The word first tells you the first step happened.
The sequence word first appears at the start of the story to signal that mixing the ingredients is the beginning of the cookie-baking sequence.
10. Match each step number to what happened.
First
→ Mixed ingredients
Ate the cookies
Next
→ Added eggs
Mixed ingredients
Then
→ Rolled dough balls
Added eggs
Last
→ Ate the cookies
Rolled dough balls
The sequence words map to each step in the cookie recipe: First = mixed ingredients, Next = added eggs, Then = rolled dough balls, Last = ate the cookies. Matching signal words to events reinforces how sequence words organize information.