Sequencing worksheets
Each click picks one of the 26 passages written for this grade. Every sheet comes with its answer key. You don't need to sign up.
Events in a passage happen in order. Keep track of what happened first, next, and last, and watch for time words that tell you.
Three grades, each its own sheet. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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1st grade
Sequencing worksheets for first grade tell short, clear stories: a pancake morning, a lost boot, a bath for a muddy bear. Questions ask what happened first, next, and last. Time words in the passage light the way, and the answer key follows the story's own order.
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2nd grade Core grade
Each click picks one of the 26 passages written for this grade. Every sheet comes with its answer key. You don't need to sign up.
Second grade sequencing passages add real processes: a seed becoming a plant, honey being made, a card traveling to Grandpa. Your child tracks four or five steps and answers before-and-after questions that need the whole chain, not just its ends.
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3rd grade
Third grade passages run longer, and some steps hide without time words to flag them. From sap to syrup, from tryouts to opening night: your child holds the sequence in mind and answers questions about any link in it, which is the memory work real chapter books ask for.
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