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Teaching Children Sequence of Events in Storytelling <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Discover how to enhance student’s reading comprehension skills using story sequencing as an effective teaching tool.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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By Jill Staake<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviewed by Stanley Diih<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching kids to read involves more than just learning to sound out words. They also need to learn reading comprehension skills<\/a> to help them understand texts on a variety of levels. One of the most basic of these skills is known as story sequencing, or the ability to recount the sequence of events in a narrative. Here\u2019s how to teach this concept to your child. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does \u201csequence of events\u201d mean in storytelling? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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At its most basic level, being able to recall the sequence of events in a story means the ability to describe major plot points and put them in the correct order. This can be as simple as beginning-middle-end: \u201cFirst, the characters did this. Then, this thing happened. Finally, they all learned this.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As students get older, they learn more details about story sequencing, which is often called a \u201cnarrative arc\u201d or \u201cplot arc.\u201d This arc includes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n