This challenging worksheet asks first graders to track multi-step events inside tiny stories. Part A's four multiple-choice items include "Lily planted a seed. She watered it. A flower grew. What happened first?" and "Ben made a sandwich. Then he ate it. Last he cleaned up. What did Ben do after he ate?" plus a definition check on what next means in a story.

Part B has five fill-in-the-blank sentences with answers First, Then, began, last, and next — including a frog that jumped in the pond and then swam away, and "We eat breakfast, go to school, and come home. Coming home is ___." Reading order matters more than picture clues, which is the close-reading habit second grade will demand.