Directions:

In a story, things happen in order of events or sequence. Signal words like, first, second, next finally, after or then can identify the next event. Read the following carefully and number the events in the correct sequence.

Adam was training for the track meet for his middle school. He was to run in three races alone and in one relay. He practiced each day. The first thing he did was to stretch his muscles and make sure his muscles were ready to run. He stretched for ten minutes each morning. Then, he would run up and down the stadium steps three times before heading to the track. After running up the stadium steps, Adam would do twenty laps around the track. Finally, he would run all the way home and eat a large breakfast before showering.

PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ Adam ran up and down the stadium steps three times. ________ He took a shower. _________Adam stretched his muscles for ten minutes. _________ He ate a large breakfast. _________ Adam did twenty laps around the track. _________ He ran all the way home
In a story, things happen in order of events or sequence. Signal words like, first, second, next finally, after or then can identify the next event. Read the following carefully and number the events in the correct sequence.

Mr. Granger is a nice man. He is our next-door neighbor. He wasn't feeling well and went to see Dr. Allen. Dr. Allen gave Mr. Granger a check up and told him he needed to eat more fruits and vegetables and start to exercise every day. Mr. Granger wanted to feel better. First, he started to eat a grapefruit every morning for breakfast. He walked two miles with Mrs. Granger every morning after breakfast. He would help Mrs. Granger work in the yard for two hours after their walk. They would eat a salad for lunch and then, Mr. Granger would ride his bike to the gym to exercise each afternoon for an hour. Mr. Granger would go straight home and take a nap.

PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-8: ______ Mr. Granger ate salad for lunch.

______ Mr. Granger walked two miles with Mrs. Granger. ______ Mr. Granger exercised at the gym for an hour. ______ Mr. Granger took a nap. ______ Mr. Granger went to see Dr. Allen ______ Mr. Granger worked in the yard with Mrs. Granger. ______ Mr. Granger ate a grapefruit for breakfast. ______ Mr. Granger rode his bike to the gym.
Read the story below. Then place the number (starting with 1) on the lines below to correctly order the events as they happened in the story.

Once there was a genie named Janie. Janie was a normal genie that could give you three wishes. One day Janie went to give this little boy named John three wishes. Now John was an unhappy little boy. So when Janie gave him three wishes John's first wish was for a lion. The lion was very big and crushed all of John's toys. John was so unhappy. John's little sister was loud, so John's second wish was that his sister would be gone. One rainy day John was bored. He asked his mom if she could play with him but his mom said she had to wash the dishes. John then asked his dad but his dad was reading the newspaper. John was really unhappy. The lion had crushed all his toys so he couldn't play with them and his sister was gone. John wished he had his sister back and for the lion to go away. He told Janie what he wanted. John learned the lesson "be careful what you wish for." Janie is a genie that gives three wishes but also teaches kids a lesson. PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ John wished his sister would be gone. ________ The lion crushed all of John's toys. _________ John was granted three wishes by Janine. _________ John's Mom told him he had to do the dishes. _________ John wished for a Lion. _________ John wished his sister came back.
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On your mark. Get set. Go! The dirt bike racers are off. It looks like Todd Mary is in the lead and there seems to be a pile up on the first corner. Todd seems to be doing awesome. The rest are fighting to get in second and third. These 250's are really flying over the track. 4 laps to go. Oh no, Todd has seemed to take a wall. The white flag means to get in a group and go slow. It looks like the ambulance is coming in. He may have a serious injury. Let's replay the tape. He comes around the corner, spins out of control, and hits the wall head on. I don't think he will be riding for a long time. The next day, the doctors said he has a fractured spine.

PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ The riders enter the first corner. ________ The racers have 4 laps left. _________ The race starts _________ The doctors speak to Todd about his injury. _________ The riders take their marks (line-up). _________ Todd crashes into the wall.
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Before any humans walked the earth, when the world was the land of the animals, a very long winter set in. The sun did not come out for three years. The air was always dark. Thick clouds hung low and covered the sky. It snowed all the time. The animals suffered during this long winter. The lack of food was alarming enough, but the lack of heat made it all absolutely unbearable. They were frightened. The animals called for a grand council. All the beasts, birds, and fishes of all sizes and shapes were invited. All the animals quickly agreed that the most important thing to do was to find out what had become of the heat, for without heat their suffering would never end. Yes, the heat must be found! And it must be brought back again. They decided several quick and brave animals would go on a search mission to the upper world. That's where they suspected the heat had been taken. These are the animals chosen for the mission: Lynx, Fox, Wolf, Wolverine, Mouse, Pike (a freshwater fish), and Dogfish (a kind of small shark--dogfish is a funny name for a shark, isn't it?).

After much traveling far and wide through the air, the group finally found the hidden doorway that opened to the upper world. Excited, they all climbed upward to the world above.

PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ The animals were frightened. ________ The brave animals found a hidden door. _________The animals called for a grand council to be held. _________ The grand council sent the brave and the quick on a mission. _________ The animals decided they needed to find the heat. _________ The animals had no heat to warm them or food to eat.
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When I woke up the day of the trip, I was so excited! I knew the day was going to be excellent. "I can't wait to get to school," I thought. (That was the first and only time I was ever going to think or say that.) When the bell rang to go to our first period class, I got so excited! My teacher talked to us about the trip and how we should act. Then we went downstairs to get on to the buses. Finally, we were on our way! It took awhile, but we finally arrived. As I stepped off the bus, I almost froze! It was so cold. When Sarah, her dad, and I went to go looking at some animals, they weren't out because it was so cold. After it got a little warmer, we started to see some more animals. (I never knew how big the Bronx Zoo was!) We saw so many animals. My favorite animal was a certain kind of monkey called a pigmy marmoset. It was the smallest, most adorable, and precious thing ever. There was also a little mouse that had huge feet and hopped around like a kangaroo. I also saw Kodiak and polar bears. You could see the polar bears much better since they were closer to us. They were so gigantic. (I would hate to get into a fight with them!) After that, we saw two animals that are very rare. The first were the snow leopards, which were sleeping. The other was a red faced panda. As we left the park, the joy that had once come to me in the beginning of the trip was starting to fade away. The ride home was not good because it was a really long way home and so boring. We were even late because we hit traffic. Finally, we were back at school. As I gathered all my things I thought about the great day that I had on my first 4th grade

field trip. As I descended the steps of the bus, I was very depressed that the day was over. I hope to go back someday. PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ Sarah's dad got off of the bus. ________ The author saw Polar bears. _________The first period bell rang. _________ The author left the park. _________ The author woke up excited about the day. _________ The author saw snow leopards.
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Once upon a time, there was a man and a woman who had a daughter who lived on the bank of a stream. The parents did not teacher her nice manners and never punished her for her faults. The daughter would often laugh in her mother's face when she asked her daughter to help cook the dinner or to wash the plates. As the girl grew older she would just spend her days dancing and playing with her friends. She was very selfish, and her parents might as well have had no daughter at all. However, one morning her mother looked so tired that even the selfish girl could not help but notice. She asked if there was anything she was could do to do so that her mother might rest a little. The good woman looked so surprised and grateful for this offer that the girl felt rather ashamed. At that moment, the daughter would have scrubbed down the whole house if she had been requested. But her mother only asked her to take the fishingnet out to the bank of the river and mend some holes in it because her father intended to go fishing that night. When he came home, her father was grateful for his new, unselfish daughter.

PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ Mother looked tired. ________ The girl laughed in Mother's face. _________The girl was asked to mend the fishing net out.

_________ The girl offered to help. _________ The girl spent her days playing. _________ The father was happy his daughter was not selfish.
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The field was getting mowed as the players came out for practice. The grounds keeper was getting ready to chalk the field when he discovered the chalk was not there. Suddenly, everyone heard a noise. It came from in the dugout. They looked everywhere, but they only saw the open container of chalk. As the players returned to the field, Mikey and Kasey let out yelps of disgust. They were standing there with a white hand shaking chalk dust from the inside of their gloves. They heard giggling from behind the dugout. It was Chantilee and Paula. They were getting Mikey and Kasey back because they had put liquid bubbles in there French horn and flute the previous day. Mikey and Kasey said they deserved the pay back, and they became really good friends. That was the end of the GREAT baseball mystery. PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ The players began to practice. ________ Everyone discovered that Chantilee and Paula were making the noise. _________ The great mystery was over. _________ The field was getting mowed. _________ Mikey and Kasey put liquid bubbles in Chantilee's and Paula's French horn. _________ A noise came from the dugout.
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One day a boy decided to join a baseball team. His dad said that he would coach his son's team. The boy's dad got a little carried away with winning. This made the boy upset when he did not get a hit, so he tried to sit out as much as he could. But everybody had to bat in every game. During the last inning in the final game in the end year tournament, the boy had to take his turn batting. The bases were loaded and there were two outs. He swung at the first pitch. He missed it. It was a strike. The second pitch ended with the same result: another strike. But on the third pitch he hit it. It was a home run; his first one ever! When

he got in his team's dugout everybody on his team was cheering including the best player that always got home runs was cheering. And then he knew his dad was very proud of him because he picked him up and ran around the bases with the boy on his shoulders. PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ The boy's dad started to show signs that winning was all he cared about. ________ The boy hit a homerun. _________ The boy decided to join the baseball team. _________ The boy got a strike. _________ The boy's teammates cheered for him. _________ The boy's dad decide to coach.
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Wow! My concert had come to Williams Lake Fest and all the top 10 kid's bands would be there. The concert ticket cost $50.00. I had saved my allowance for 5 months just to get a ticket, but I knew it would be worth it! I was going with my best friend Nick, and since his dad knew the owner of the Gibraltar Room, we would get meet the bands after the show. When we got there, the bands where still getting ready in their trailers. That's what we thought anyway. When everyone was in their seats and waiting for a half hour, we began to wonder where they were. An hour after the concert was suppose to start, Nick's dad Jeff went to go check on them. When he entered the trailer, he was surprised at what he saw. Each one of the artists was tied up, and there was a man making sure they didn't escape. Jeff, who was a karate teacher, knocked out the kidnapper untied the bands quickly so they could get the stage before people started leaving. A few minutes later the concert started and Max, the criminal, was being led away by the police. The concert turned out to be a blast. After the concert we got to meet the bands. It was the best night of my life! PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ The bands were getting ready in the trailer. ________ Nick's father went to check on the bands. _________ The fans at the concert sat in their seats.

_________ Nick's father rescued the band members. _________ The author began saving his allowance. _________ The concert started.
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"Wow look at that one," I said as my best friend Sarah and I jumped on the trampoline one hot summer night. It was after dark, and we were looking at the stars. I thought I was living a normal life, and I was until a couple nights later when we were on the trampoline again. We looked up and saw a strange purplish light right above us. "Are there any satellites that color?" I asked as I started to get off the side of the trampoline. Sarah shook her head slowly. I stared straight at the light. Then it got bigger. It seemed to come closer. Sarah leaped off the trampoline, and we sprinted towards the house. We stopped when we were half way there because the light got bigger and bigger and slowly it turned into an aircraft. It came closer and closer and slowly landed in her yard. Sarah, being the brave, one walked up to it. I stayed behind because I was scared. It looked like an alien spacecraft but those aren't real. As Sarah walked up to it, a door at the base opened. Then, faint pink glowing figures appeared in the door way. They looked like the aliens on Men-in-Black. They practically glowed in the dark! My heart skipped a beat when one of the creatures raised its finger and pointed at me. Then it moved its finger towards the craft. I wasn't sure, but I got the impression that they wanted me to go with them. I took a step forward. I felt their icy cold hands grip my shoulder and shove me in!!!Then I felt the ship shake and vibrate and I got butterflies in my stomach as we lifted off! Up we went. I looked out the window and tried to get out, but it was no use. I peered out the window again and saw a planet. I figured it was Mars. Then I felt the ship's familiar shake again. It slowed down and stopped. The door slowly opened again. The aliens pushed me out. I stepped out onto the mushy ground. Then I realized something was wrong! Humans can't breathe the air in space! I dreaded my next breath, but I had to take it. I breathed in and felt my body grow weak. Then... I woke up!!!! PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ They notice a starnge color in the sky. ________ The aircraft landed in their yard. _________ The author jumps on the trampoline for the first time.

_________ The author awoke from their dream. _________ One of the creatures points at the author. _________ The two characters get off of the trampoline.
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A while ago, the world was always happy and perfect - no death, no violence, no greed, no rushing, and no meanness. There was sadness except for Rainbow. Rainbow was always unhappy because she was always stuck up in the clouds and sky and no one ever noticed her. One day she realized they did not notice here because she was colorless. She was simply black and white. Then one day she just had enough. So the Rainbow decided to go Shining Sun. It was a long journey from the Rainbow's home to Sun's shining rays. When she finally reached Sun's rays Sun asked her, "Why hello! What can I do for you today?" "Well...," Rainbow asked hesitantly. "Well I was wondering if you can give me colors for the rays on my body." "Hmm..." The sun said. "Well I guess you should have SOME color on you." "Well I guess so," the sun said, "but ONLY if you will be happy all the time." Rainbow agreed. The Rainbow agreed with the sun and shook hands. With that shake of the hands, Rainbow felt a little funny. She started to look at herself and saw that her black and white colors were turning into wonderful colors: green, red, yellow, orange, blue, and almost every color in the world. Rainbow felt so happy that she shone so brightly the whole world noticed her. From that day forward, you could always see her shining after an angry storm trying to make everyone feel better after the rain. PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ The rainbow realized that it didn't have any colors. ________ The Rainbow and Sun shook hands. _________ The Rainbow was the only sad thing on Earth. _________ The Rainbow agreed to be happy for the Sun. _________ The Rainbow started to feel much better. _________ The Rainbow talked to the Sun.

Read the story below. Then place the number (starting with 1) on the lines below to correctly order the events as they happened in the story. One very beautiful, clear night, a girl named Kayla and her mother were talking and looking up in the sky at the stars. Kayla said, "Mom I hate how I look. My hair is so ugly; there's never anything to do with it. And my clothes - they're awful!" "Well Kayla you need to accept who you are and like it," said Kayla's mother. Just then, a shooting star flew past. Kayla saw it and wished that she was a superstar like Christina Aguilera. After Kayla said her wish, her mother said, "Time for bed." The next morning Kayla woke up to a man she had never met in her whole life. The man kept telling her, "Wake up! Wake up! You need to start early today if you want to sing well in your concert tonight!!!" Then Kayla said, "What? What concert?" Then it hit her; she had wished on the star and it came true! Kayla looked in the mirror and it was Christina Aguilera's face staring back at her. She jumped up and said, "Where is everyone? Aren't they supposed to be getting all my make-up and hair ready for me?" "Of course," said the man. "They have been waiting for you to get up all morning." "Well where are they?" "Christina, are you feeling ok? You are acting like someone else." "Oh yeah, I am fine." said Kayla. Kayla got up and started getting all dressed up and ready for the big night. When she was done, she had to go to practice for the concert that night. Kayla was having blast until she got to rehearsal. First, she had a hard time getting to rehearsal because so many annoying people with cameras were shouting at her and telling her how great it must be to be a superstar. Then at rehearsals she had a hard time getting the dancing moves right. It was a total disaster. She was just beginning to realize that being a superstar wasn't so awesome after all when it was time to go on stage in front of everyone. She didn't know what to do. She thought fast and looked in the sky but didn't see any shooting star. At that moment the man who woke her up this morning said, "You go on in 5, 4,3,2,1. You're on!" Kayla walked out on stage did know what to do so she started talking to the crowd. She started to talk to them about being yourself keeping goals and NEVER wishing you were someone else because everyone is perfect in their own way. At that moment, she saw a shooting star and wished she was in her own home, wearing her own clothes, and back to her own life! Suddenly, she was on her porch with her mom talking and looking up in the beautiful sky with the stars shinning bright! PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ Kayla was woken by a strange man. ________ Kayla told her Mom that she didn't like her hair. _________Kayla arrived at the rehearsal. _________ Kayla was back on her front porch.

_________ Kayla wished upon a star in her back yard. _________ Kayla looked in the mirror and saw Christina Aguilera's face. Read the story below. Then place the number (starting with 1) on the lines below to correctly order the events as they happened in the story.

Being mayor was a difficult job for Nate. There were many times he thought, "Why am I still doing this?" Nate's village, though, had a special way to select its mayor. In Nate's village, the current may would select his replacement and take his replacement to see Dragon's Cave when he was twelve years old. This replacement could be the mayor's son or someone else, but Nate's father, who was mayor before him, picked Nate to be his replacement. On the way up the mountain to the cave, the current mayor would tell the history of the village's dealings with the dragon. "Your job is to keep the dragon happy. Every village around here makes sure of that. They give up a sheep or cow. It doesn't have to be your best; it just has to fill the dragon's stomach," the mayor would explain. Every replacement would ask, "What do we get out of it?" "Well, we don't get eaten." The mayor would look at the boy who was going to end up with the job. "Before the first mayor worked out this deal, once a year the dragon would fly through the village, and if we were lucky, a few of us would survive." As Nate and his father stood high on the mountain, his father explained that their village was very poor. This would make it difficult to give the dragon the offering, but only the strongest in the village could face the hungry villagers and ask that they make this sacrifice. This had made Nate proud his father has selected him to be mayor. After that, Nate put out the food for the dragon for the first time. When they got down the mountain, Nate was the new mayor. Whenever Nate wondered why he was still mayor, her thought about why he was selected mayor and it made him feel better. PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ Nate's father became mayor. ________ The first mayor made a deal with the Dragon. _________ Nate put out food for the dragon..

_________ Nate became mayor of the village. _________ Nate would feel better when he thought about becoming mayor. _________ Nate went to Dragon's Cave with his father for the first time.
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The sky was gray and getting darker as black clouds past overhead. I was in an open field when the rain suddenly began pouring down on me. A huge gust of wind came up and blew off my hat. Just then, I heard the thunder. Boom! Boom! Boom! I jumped. It sure sounded like a bomb had just blown. I tried to run back to my cabin, but the screeching wind t was pushing me back. One second later lightning struck a tree and started it on fire. I was really scared, but I couldn't move for some strange reason. The wind had stopped, but the rain was still going at full force. I finally dragged my tired body back to the small cabin. I opened the door and my Mom screamed because she didn't know it was me. After I had cleaned up, she told I had looked horrible. I laughed and put my freezing cold body in my nice little sleeping bag! PLACE THE EVENTS IN THE CORRECT SEQUENCE BY USING THE NUMBERS 1-6: ________ The rain poured on the author. ________ The lightening struck a tree. _________ The wind began to make strong gusts. _________ The author got in a sleeping bag. _________ It became very dark. _________ The thunder began to crash.