Sequencing Events

1. Get dressed for school and hurry downstairs for breakfast. 2. Rollover, sleepy-eyed, and turn off the alarm clock. 3. Meet your friends at the corner to walk to school.

• 1,2,3

• 2,3,1

• 2,1,3

• 3,2,1

1. The fourth-grade class walked quietly to a safe area away from the building. 2. The teacher reminded the last student to shut the classroom door. 3. The loud clanging of the fire alarm startled everyone in the room.

• 3,2,1

• 1,2,3

• 2,1,3

1. Barb's dad watched from the seat of the tractor as the boys and girls climbed into the wagon. 2. By the time they returned to the barn, there wasn't much straw left. 3. As the wagon bumped along the trail, the boys and girls sang songs they learned in music class.

• 2,3,1

• 1,3,2

• 3,2,1

• 1,2,3

1. The referee blew his whistle and held up the hand of the winner of the match. 2. Each wrestler worked hard, trying to bypass his opponent. 3. The referee said, "Shake hands, boys, and wrestle a fair match."

• 3,2,1

• 1,2,3

• 2,1,3

• 3,1,2

1. We stirred the ingredients together. 2. The brownies cooked in the oven for 15 minutes. 3. We ate brownies!

• 2,1,3

• 3,2,1

• 1,2,3

• 1,3,2

1. The cells in the egg multiply and grow. 2. A mother frog lays her eggs in water. 3. Soon the cells grow into a swimming tadpole.

• 1,2,3

• 2,1,3

• 3,2,1

1. Maggie had to get a cast on her arm. 2. Maggie's mom called the doctor to get an appointment. 3. Maggie fell off her bike.

• 1,2,3

• 2,3,1

• 3,2,1

• 3,1,2

1. A kind man rescues the snake. 2. The man places the snake by his fireplace. 3. A snake is nearly frozen in the road.

• 3,1,2

• 1,2,3

• 2,3,1

• 1,3,2

1. The girl spent Saturday afternoon in traffic court. 2. The girl was speeding on the highway. 3. Police stopped the girl for speeding and gave her a ticket.

• 1,2,3

• 3,2,1

• 2,3,1

• 2,1,3

1. 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 makes his snack