Sequencing Events — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. First the caterpillar eats leaves. Then it makes a cocoon.
Waking up in the tent is the very first thing that happens each morning at camp, before any other activity.
2. She mixed the batter. Next she poured it in the pan.
Getting dressed is the step right after waking up, so next shows it is the second thing they do.
3. We line up. Then we walk to the bus.
Then acts like a bridge between two events, linking what just happened to what happens next.
4. The last step is to close your book and sit quietly.
The campers put on clothes first and then eat breakfast, so eating comes after getting dressed.
5. First the bell rings, we go to class.
The nature hike is the final activity of the morning, with nothing else planned after it.
6. He ate dinner. Then he washed his plate.
Words like first, next, and last guide us so we tell events in order from beginning to end.
7. They played outside. Next they came in for a snack.
Finally means no more events are coming, so the story is about to finish.
8. I begin by picking up my crayons.
Campers brush their teeth as part of getting ready, and they do that before sitting down to eat.
9. At the end, she said goodbye and went home last.
Sequencing is the skill of arranging events from what happened first to what happened last.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
begin
→ to start something
to start something
order
→ the way things happen
the way things happen
then
→ after that
after that
last
→ at the very end
at the very end
Correct matches: Wake up in the tent. → 1st - The first step; Eat breakfast at the picnic table. → 3rd - The third step; Get dressed and brush teeth. → 2nd - The second step; Go on a nature hike. → 4th - The last step.