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Claire Crawford

Sequencing Events or Processes

Mrs. Hamm

Wesleyan College
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Sequencing Events or Processes

Comprehension is the ability to understand and explain something that is read. Children

not only need to be able to understand the material but also be able to interpret it and make

connections between the text and already known knowledge. “An important thing about

comprehension is knowing the meanings or enough words” (Gunther). Once children understand

what comprehension is, they begin to learn different strategies that cope with comprehension.

Although kindergarten is a time to have fun, it is also a time to enrich their learning. While

improving learning skills, such as comprehension, the student’s social skills and cognitive

development increase as well. I believe that working as a whole class can help children obtain

concepts, build phonological and phonemic awareness and develop better listening

comprehension skills.

Sequencing events is a comprehension strategy that is listing in order of importance or in

chronological order the concepts discussed in the lesson. This is an important skill used to help

students comprehend the material they are learning better. Most people think of sequencing

when it comes to reading a text but it can be used in many different subjects. You can use it in

reading, math, science, writing, and even social studies. “Sequencing identifies components of

resources such as beginning, middle, and end” (Vacca, Vacca, & Mraz, 2017). It is a key

comprehension strategy when students have the ability to sequence events or other material such

as letters or numbers. Sequencing is a way of showing that the students understand the

information and can place things in the correct order they belong.
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It is the teacher’s job to encourage his or her students to identify the key information

allowing them to sequence more efficiently. When students are encouraged over and over to pay

close attention to important details, it becomes natural and they can sequence rapidly. As

mentioned earlier, sequencing can be incorporated into many different subjects but is mostly

taught in the early stages of literacy.

“Learning the letters of the alphabet and writing them in both uppercase and lowercase is

an important step for kids” (JumpStart). The students in my host classroom all know the alphabet

pretty well but they are still working on the sounds that each letter makes. For my unit I would

like to teach sequencing letters of the alphabet having all twenty-six letters of the alphabet

arranged and allow students to place the letters in the correct order they belong. Not only will the

students have to put letters A through Z in order but they will have to put random letters in order

that do not run chronologically in order. Another activity I will do with my students is an activity

of sequencing events where they do work on a worksheet and get the chance to color.

Strong comprehension skills are not only essential to academic success but also to

productive social skills. As comprehension skills develop with one, that person begins to learn

independently and absorb information or various topics. When a student comprehends a text or

any information, it usually makes it more interesting and enjoyable. I look forward to working

with my kindergarten students and seeing how much they can comprehend. I hope to be able to

teach them information and them be able to tell it back to me in the correct sequence of events.
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Resources

McGee, Lea M, and Lesley Mandel Morrow. 2005. Teaching Literacy in Kindergarten. Tools for

Teaching Literacy. New York: Guilford Press.

Vacca, R. T., Vacca, J. A., & Mraz, M. (2017). Content area reading: literacy and learning across

the curriculum (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Sequencing. (2014). In Teacher Vision. Retrieved July 15, 2014, from

https://www.teachervision.com/skill-builder/reading-comprehension/48779.html?page=1.

Sequencing: Teaching Strategy for Reading (Grades 1-5). (n.d.). Retrieved October 26, 2017,

from https://www.teachervision.com/reading-comprehension/sequencing-lesson?page=2

Comprehension. (2015, March 23). Retrieved October 26, 2017, from

http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/target/comprehension