RI 3.3-Sequence, Time, Cause/Effect

Seth came home from school and wanted to make a bowl of cereal for a snack. He looks in the cabinet and picks his cereal. After that he gets a bowl and spoon and goes to the refrigerator and he gets the milk. He then makes his snack and eats it up. What did Seth do before he ate his snack? 

• He came home from school
• He picks his cereal
• He gets the milk
• He hangs is coat up

Ann's shoelace is untied. As she walks to her lunchroom table with her full tray of food, she steps on her shoelace, trips, and falls spilling her lunch on the floor. What caused Ann to fall?

• she stepped on her shoelace
• she wasn't watching where she was going
• someone bumped into her

What are some clue words for sequencing?

• as a result of, therefore
• first, next, then, last
• main idea, details
• summarize, re-read

What are some clue words for time?

• as a result of, therefore
• before, after, later, finally
• main idea, details
• summarize, re-read

Snow was piling up on the flat roof of the cabin. William's wife was worried that the roof was going to collapse from the weight of the snow so William built a new roof with steep sides so the snow would slide off. This is an example of:

• sequencing
• time (timeline)
• cause and effect

What are some clue words for cause and effect?

• since, as a result of, so, then
• first, last, next, finally
• beginning, ending, middle, end

A story or passage that lists dates of events or dates of a person's life is an example of:

• sequencing
• time (timeline)
• cause and effecy

Seth came home from school and wanted to make a bowl of cereal for a snack. He looks in the cabinet and picks his cereal. After that he gets a bowl and spoon and goes to the refrigerator and he gets the milk. He then makes his snack and eats it up. This is an example of:

• sequencing
• time (timeline)
• cause and effect

In 1957, Althea Gibson was the first black woman to win the U.S. Open tennis championship. She won it again in 1958. Born in South Carolina and raised in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, Gibson went on to become a major sports star. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971. Is this story an example of:

• sequencing
• time (timeline)
• cause and effect

Ann's shoe is untied. As she walks to her lunchroom table with her full tray of food, she steps on her shoelace, trips, and falls spilling her lunch on the floor. What effect happened as a result of Ann's untied shoe?

• Ann sits down and eats her lunch
• Ann breaks her leg
• Ann trips, falls, and spills her lunch on the floor