Cookie Steps

This worksheet supports students in Grades 2-4 as they practice reading comprehension, sequencing, and understanding narrative structure through a short story about Maya baking cookies with her grandmother. By organizing story events into a five-step flow chart, learners develop temporal awareness, logical thinking, and the ability to summarize actions clearly and accurately.

Targeted Skills

• Sequence of Events (Grades 2-4) – Identify and arrange story events in correct chronological order.
• Reading Comprehension & Retelling – Demonstrate understanding by accurately retelling key actions from the text.
• Story Structure Awareness – Recognize how events progress logically within a narrative.
• Graphic Organizer Use – Use a flow chart to organize and visualize information from a text.

Instructional Support

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with elementary ELA standards.
• Clear, Structured Format – Five-step flow chart provides guided support for sequencing practice.
• Flexible Implementation – Ideal for literacy centers, small-group instruction, independent work, or homework.
• Supports Visual Learners – Graphic organizer helps students see connections between events.

This printable worksheet helps students strengthen comprehension, sequencing, and narrative understanding by turning story details into an organized flow chart. By arranging events step by step, learners practice temporal reasoning, summarization, and clarity in retelling. Suitable for classroom instruction or homeschool use, this no-prep resource builds foundational literacy skills while reinforcing how stories and procedures unfold in logical order.

This worksheet is part of our Grade 3 Reading Comprehension collection.