Storyworks Dec 21, Jan 22 Racing Through Danger Sequence RI3

Racing Through Danger

Storyworks
December 2021 / January 2022
pages 4-9
Sequence of Events RI3

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Which is the title?

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Which is words signal sequence?

Multiple Choice

On what date did the last dogsled team get the medicine?

• January 27, 1925

• February 1, 1925

• 25 days

• 6 days

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Which words are sequence signal words?

Multiple Choice

Why did the dogs stop after setting off?

• The final team set off for Nome with Balto in the lead.

• The air was so cold it hurt to breathe.

• After a few miles, the dogs stopped.

• They could no longer see the trail.

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Which word or words signal an order of events?

Multiple Choice

What did Balto do that saved his team?

• Minutes crawled by.

• They would freeze to death.

• Balto started running again.

• He had found the trail.

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Multiple Choice

How did Balto save his team a second time?

• Then Kaasen looked down.

• Balto's front paws were in water.

• The team had been heading into a frozen river.

• Balto had kept the team from falling in the water.

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Which words signal that something else is about to happen?

Multiple Choice

What happened to the medicine after there was a sudden, strong wind?

• The dogs and sled were lifted into the air.

• Kaasen tried to help the team.

• The medicine dropped into the snow.

• He searched frantically with his bare hands.

Hotspot

Which words help show the order in which things happen?

Multiple Choice

What woke the people of Nome up at 5:30 a.m.?

• The people of Nome woke up.

• the sound of barking dogs

• Kassen knelt next to Balto and gently pulled chunks of ice off his paws.

• The people of Nome were saved.

Reorder

Put the events in sequence.

• To begin with, Balto's team got the medicine.

• Secondly, the dogs could no longer see the trail because of the heavy snow.

• After that, Balto found the trail.

• All of a sudden, Balto stopped and kept saved his team from falling in the freezing river.

• Finally, the team delivered the medicine to Nome, Alaska, at 5:30 in the morning.

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Match

Match the following

• sequence

• Balto

• Gunner Kaasen

• 20

• the sound of barking dogs

the order in which things happen

the leader of the last dog sled team

the musher of Balto's team

number of dogsled teams

woke the people of Nome up at 5:30 a.m.

• the order in which things happen

• the leader of the last dog sled team

• the musher of Balto's team

• number of dogsled teams

• woke the people of Nome up at 5:30 a.m.