Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 6 of 12
Story Order
First, next and last
What your child practices
Putting events in order, and listening to short stories to tell what happened at the beginning, middle and end.
Maine Learning Results learning standard: Reading 5; Reading 6 · retelling what happens at the beginning, middle and end of a story
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Stories happen in order: first, next, last.
- Ask: what happens first?
- Then what? How does it end?
Example: Put in order: a chick, an egg, it hatches. First there is an egg. Next, it hatches. Last, a little chick. Answer: An egg → It hatches → A little chick
Story Order in Maine
In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 6 of 12 in Kindergarten English Language Arts, after Sight Words and before Book Detectives.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
- Kindergarten guide for Maine parents
- Printable Kindergarten English Language Arts sheet
- Maine report cards explained
Source: Maine Department of Education
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Tap the pictures in order: first, next, last.
- 🦋A butterfly
- 🐛A caterpillar
- 🥚A tiny egg
A tiny egg → A caterpillar → A butterfly
Hint: What has to happen first? “A tiny egg” comes first.
Question 2
Tap the pictures in order: first, next, last.
- ✏️Write a card
- 📮Mail it
- ✉️Put it in an envelope
Write a card → Put it in an envelope → Mail it
Hint: What has to happen first? “Write a card” comes first.
Question 3
What happened at the end?
Priya and her dad mixed a cake.
They baked it in the oven.
Then they shared it with friends.
- 🍰They shared it
- ⏲️They baked it
- 🥣They mixed the cake
🍰 They shared it
Hint: Think about how the story finished.
Question 4
Tap the pictures in order: first, next, last.
- 🥪Make a sandwich
- 🍞Get some bread
- 😋Eat it up
Get some bread → Make a sandwich → Eat it up
Hint: What has to happen first? “Get some bread” comes first.
Question 5
Tap the pictures in order: first, next, last.
- 🐣It hatches
- 🥚An egg
- 🐥A little chick
An egg → It hatches → A little chick
Hint: What has to happen first? “An egg” comes first.
Question 6
What happened at the end?
Leo lost his ball.
He looked under his bed.
He found it in the garden!
- ⚽He found the ball
- 😟Leo lost his ball
- 🛏️He looked under the bed
⚽ He found the ball
Hint: Think about how the story finished.