Sequencing Events — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A caterpillar becomes a butterfly. What happens first?
A) It flies away
B) It builds a cocoon
C) It eats many leaves
D) It lays eggs
A caterpillar eats many leaves first to grow big and strong. Only after eating does it build a cocoon, change inside, and finally come out as a butterfly that can fly and lay eggs.
2. Which step comes after you mix cake batter?
A) Crack the eggs
B) Pour it in a pan
C) Eat the cake
D) Get a bowl
Once the batter is mixed, you pour it in a pan so it has a shape to bake in. Cracking eggs and getting a bowl happen earlier, and eating the cake comes much later.
3. What is the last step when mailing a letter?
A) Write the letter
B) Put it in the mailbox
C) Put it in an envelope
D) Write the address
Putting the letter in the mailbox is the very last step, because writing it, addressing it, and sealing it in an envelope all have to be done before the mailbox can carry it away.
4. Which event happens first in a school day?
A) Ride the bus home
B) Eat lunch
C) Morning circle time
D) Pack up your backpack
Morning circle time happens at the very start of the school day, before lunch, before packing up, and long before the bus ride home.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. To build a tower, first you stack one block.
Building a tower has to start somewhere, and stacking the very first block is the step that begins the whole tower, so first fits this opening action.
2. Next you add more blocks on top carefully.
After the bottom block is down, you keep stacking more on top, and Next points to that follow-up step in the building process.
3. You keep adding blocks until it is tall.
To make the tower grow taller, you keep adding blocks again and again, so keep is the word that shows you do not stop.
4. The tower falls down after it gets too tall.
Towers tip over once they get too high, so the falling happens after the tower has grown tall enough to lose balance.
5. You can begin again from the first step.
If the tower falls, you do not have to give up; you can begin again from the very first block and build it once more.