Sweet Sequence

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 1-3 to practice reading comprehension, sequencing, story structure, and logical thinking through a short narrative about baking cookies. Learners read the passage carefully, identify temporal words and clues, and determine the correct order of events, helping them understand how narratives unfold from beginning to end.

Skills Reinforced

• Sequencing Events (Grades 1-3) – Identify and order events from a narrative using logical progression.
• Reading Comprehension – Demonstrate understanding of a story by accurately tracking what happens first, next, and last.
• Story Structure Awareness – Recognize how chronological order supports meaning in narrative texts.
• Use of Temporal Clues – Apply signal words like first, then, and finally to determine sequence.

Learning Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Developed by educators to support early literacy and ELA standards.
• Clear, Student-Friendly Format – Simple numbering task makes expectations easy to understand.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Works well for literacy centers, independent practice, small groups, or homework.
• Supports Developing Readers – Encourages rereading and close attention to details and time-order words.

This printable sequencing worksheet helps students strengthen comprehension, chronology, and narrative understanding in an engaging, real-world context. By ordering events correctly, learners practice essential reading strategies, logical reasoning, and attention to text structure. Ideal for both classroom instruction and homeschool settings, this no-prep activity builds foundational literacy skills while reinforcing how stories are organized and understood.

This worksheet is part of our Grade 2 Reading Comprehension collection.