First the seeds are placed in moist soil, then they receive water and sunlight.
opening sequence
Notice the order words that organize the process.
Example: Plant growth starts with planting before watering and light support growth.
Follow the order of events or steps in a process and explain why that order matters.
Some nonfiction texts explain how something happens over time. Signal words such as first, next, then, finally, before, and after help readers track the sequence.
Open one card at a time, read the text together, and use the audio button when hearing the line once helps.
opening sequence
Notice the order words that organize the process.
Example: Plant growth starts with planting before watering and light support growth.
middle stage
After shows what happens later in the process.
Example: Leaf growth comes after the seed begins growing.
final step
Finally often signals the last stage.
Example: The mature plant stage comes last.
response model
Order matters in process texts.
Example: Sequence helps the reader understand how one step leads to the next.
These next steps stay in the same stage so the child does not get sent backward.
Turn a factual paragraph into a short, clear summary without copying every sentence.
Read two short opinions on the same issue and explain how each writer sees it differently.
Use nearby words and sentence meaning to infer what an unfamiliar word probably means.