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What is sequencing?

The definition of ‘sequence’ is to arrange in a particular order. With that in mind, sequencing used in reading comprehension means putting different events in a story in order.

Why is sequencing important to learn?

Students need to learn sequencing to:

• Learn to comprehend the entire text – the beginning, the middle and the end.
• Be able to retell a fiction or non-fiction piece in a logical manner so that others can follow the story.
• Understand how to perform certain tasks in a specific order – such as instructions or a recipe.

This skill is so important that it is revisited in every grade from kindergarten to grade 5, building on the skills learned in the previous grade. Kindergarten students start by reading simple stories and putting simple phrases in order. Grade 5 students read much longer stories and are asked to draw out the main elements of the story to put them in sequence.

Kindergarten sequencing worksheets

In kindergarten, students read a short story. Making use of short phrases, the students are asked to number the events in the correct order.

We’ve added a second math workbook for kindergarten students to our bookstore. This workbook covers numbers and counting to 100. This workbook will be part of a series of workbooks to cover the entire kindergarten math curriculum.

Kindergarten numbers and counting to 100

The second kindergarten math workbook covers:

Review of numbers 1 – 10: counting objects, matching objects to numbers and number words, coloring and circling objects, writing one more or one less, matching shapes, same and different objects up to 10.

Same and different: comparing numbers and different size objects.

The numbers 11 – 20: tracing and writing the individual numbers and number words, and matching numbers to words.

When students learn to multiply large numbers, such as 3-digit by 2-digit numbers, they learn to multiply them in columns. They usually start learning this method in grade 4 and repeat it in grade 5 and 6.

Multiplying 3-digit by 2-digit numbers in columns

Let’s say you want to multiply 372 by 43.

 
The first thing you do is place the large number (the 3-digit number) above the smaller number (the 2-digit number).

In a recent post we discussed the differences between a common noun and a proper noun.

In short:

-    A common noun is a non-specific person, place or thing.
For example: dog, house, oven

-    A proper noun is a specific person, place or thing.
For example: Fido, Burger King, Statue of Liberty

Are there cases, though, where a noun can be both a proper noun and a common noun? Yes, there are.

Is it Mom or mom?

When to use a capital letter is tricky, especially when it comes to family nouns, such as mom, dad, aunt, cousin, grandma.