13 Story Sequencing
Isabelle Ritz
Strategy Overview
Story Sequencing is a strategy that students that supports text comprehension. Story sequencing is described as an “essential reading skill” where students understand the concept of chronological order through the use of a story. This helps them understand the structure of the text, how the text is organized, and how elements of a passage are related. Sequencing stories can be taught and used in the classroom through various graphic organizers that help students arrange the beginning, middle, and end of a story. Studies show “preliminary evidence that sequencing is an important skill for children’s comprehension of narrative texts and have implications for reading education and intervention programs” (Gouldthorp et al., 2017).
Strategy in Action
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References
Gouldthorp, B., Katsipis, L., & Mueller, C. (2017). An investigation of the role of sequencing in children’s reading comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 53(1), 91–106. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.186
