Text about how to use the clue words to express sequence events.

2. Sequence is
the order in
which events
happen.

3. Certain words
can be
sequence
clues.

4. Time-Order Words
first
next
then
finally

5. Time-Order Expression
in the morning
after that
later that day
two weeks later

6. Other Time Words
yesterday
Saturday
April
winter

7. Now be a sequence
detective. See if you
can spot the clue words
in the following story.

8. Last Tuesday I met my new
friend Mickey. We were both
in a ball game at recess. I told
him he had made a good
catch during the game. Later
that day we played in a
softball game. We were on the
same team and we won!

9. Last Tuesday I met my new
friend Mickey. We were both
in a ball game at recess. I told
him he had made a good
catch during the game. Later
that day we played in a
softball game. We were on the
same team and we won!

10. After the game, we traded
some baseball cards, and then
he said he wanted to ask me
something. After he finished
talking, we walked to the bus
stop.

11. After the game, we traded
some baseball cards, and then
he said he wanted to ask me
something. After he finished
talking, we walked to the bus
stop.

12. The next morning, I was able to
answer his question. My
parents said that I would go to
his family’s apartment to have
dinner with him on his birthday,
December 6.

13. The next morning, I was able to
answer his question. My
parents said that I would go to
his family’s apartment to have
dinner with him on his birthday,
December 6.