Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Character Actions in Order.

Use this awesome story mountain template to help young readers understand the different elements of a story. Students will use this activity to organize their thoughts about the beginning, problem, climax, solution, and ending of a story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Exploring Sequence with Signal Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Character Actions in Order.

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

After reading a fable or folktale, students will use this cute graphic organizer to record the most important things that happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Then they'll try their hand at identifying the moral of the story.

Characters often change over the course of a story, and this worksheet will help young readers track and understand their development. Students can use this graphic organizer to consider various elements of a character's development throughout a story.

Find out more about the role of rhythm in poetry with this worksheet that uses "Casey at the Bat" for practice.

Young readers and sports enthusiasts will have a ball practicing sequence of events in this biography of Jackie Robinson.