Sequencing
Definition:
"Sequencing is one of many skills that contributes to students' ability to comprehend what they read. Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story, such as the beginning, middle, and end, and also to the ability to retell the events within a given text in the order in which they occurred," ("Sequencing," 2014). This strategy can be done at any age and with any subject, but it is usually used with beginning readers, ("Sequencing," 2014).
Steps to Implement Story Sequencing:
"Sequencing is one of many skills that contributes to students' ability to comprehend what they read. Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story, such as the beginning, middle, and end, and also to the ability to retell the events within a given text in the order in which they occurred," ("Sequencing," 2014). This strategy can be done at any age and with any subject, but it is usually used with beginning readers, ("Sequencing," 2014).
Steps to Implement Story Sequencing:
- Select a text that has a clear sequence of events: beginning, middle, end.
- Inform students before the reading that they will be working on their sequencing skills. This will allow them to focus on the steps of the story.
- After the reading, have students write down certain events that occurred during the reading.
- Have them put these events in order.
- At the end, students can write about the story sequence in a journal or discuss the sequence with another student, ("Sequencing," 2014).
Benefits of this Strategy:
- Increases comprehension.
- Helps students organize material that has been read.
- Helps with problems solving across subjects, ("Story Sequence," 2014).
Video 1: This video starts out with information about sequencing. It is an example of sequencing through listening comprehension for younger students. It is a similar concept to sequencing through reading comprehension. First, the teacher gives the student a task of sequencing breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals. This is to determine if the student understands the concept of sequencing. Next, the teacher makes the student sequence pictures of her bouncing on a pogo stick as more practice of the strategy. After these two examples, the student recalls a story that was read to her. She uses sequencing to place the main events of the story in order. Since the student puts the events in the correct order, the teacher can feel confident she comprehended the story.
Video 2: This video shows an instructor modeling sequencing. She starts by explaining what sequencing is and the key points of this strategy. The teacher then reads a section of text. While she is reading she highlights key sequencing words and events that students should be looking for while reading. This will help with sequencing the story after reading. After she has completed the reading, the teacher uses a flow chart to put the major events of the reading in correct order. She goes back to the text several times to make sure the sequence of events is correct. The flow chart would be the assessment for this example.
Writing Component:
Give students a piece of reading material with a clear sequence of events. Also, give them a flow chart to fill out that asks the students to put the main events in order. After the students have filled out a flow chart, they can use it to summarize the text using the main events and proper sequencing words. Students would be grades on their use of proper sequencing words, and the order they put the events in.
Writing Standards Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Sources:
Sequencing. (2014). In Teacher Vision. Retrieved July 15, 2014, from
https://www.teachervision.com/skill-builder/reading-comprehension/48779.html?page=1.
Story Sequence. (2014). In Reading Rockets. Retrieved July 15, 2014, from
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/story_sequence.
Give students a piece of reading material with a clear sequence of events. Also, give them a flow chart to fill out that asks the students to put the main events in order. After the students have filled out a flow chart, they can use it to summarize the text using the main events and proper sequencing words. Students would be grades on their use of proper sequencing words, and the order they put the events in.
Writing Standards Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Sources:
Sequencing. (2014). In Teacher Vision. Retrieved July 15, 2014, from
https://www.teachervision.com/skill-builder/reading-comprehension/48779.html?page=1.
Story Sequence. (2014). In Reading Rockets. Retrieved July 15, 2014, from
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/story_sequence.