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SEQUENCES
Ordering Exercises
“Halftime Hair Rescue”
Readability Level: 520L
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Printing Instructions:
Simply print and copy the following two pages back-to-back and then cut the singular sheet in half
along the dotted line. Then, give one half to each of your students.
ANSWER KEY: 4, 5, 1, 3, 2.
The referee blew his whistle. That signaled the end of the first half. The
girls jogged back to the bench, as the crowd roared. Their team was ahead
by a wide margin. They expected to win the game easily. One of the players
noticed her hair had come loose. “Cindy!” she yelled.
“What do you need, Jasmine?” asked the cheerleader. She stepped up to
the player’s bench. That cut short cheer she had been doing.
“Hair emergency!” is all Jasmine needed to say. Cindy went right to work.
She weaved Jasmine’s hair into a tight braid.
The starting lineup watched the game clock as it counted down. There
were only a few seconds until the next half of play would begin. Their portly
coach, Mr. McGillis, stumbled over to his team. “What are you two doing?”
he asked in a sharp tone. He put his hands to his hips. He stared fiercely at
Jasmine and Cindy through large glasses. “This is a basketball game, not a
beauty salon! Do you see me braiding my mustache at every time-out?”
Halftime Hair Rescue
The referee blew his whistle. That signaled the end of the first half. The
girls jogged back to the bench, as the crowd roared. Their team was ahead
by a wide margin. They expected to win the game easily. One of the players
noticed her hair had come loose. “Cindy!” she yelled.
“What do you need, Jasmine?” asked the cheerleader. She stepped up to
the player’s bench. That cut short cheer she had been doing.
“Hair emergency!” is all Jasmine needed to say. Cindy went right to work.
She weaved Jasmine’s hair into a tight braid.
The starting lineup watched the game clock as it counted down. There
were only a few seconds until the next half of play would begin. Their portly
coach, Mr. McGillis, stumbled over to his team. “What are you two doing?”
he asked in a sharp tone. He put his hands to his hips. He stared fiercely at
Jasmine and Cindy through large glasses. “This is a basketball game, not a
beauty salon! Do you see me braiding my mustache at every time-out?”
Halftime Hair Rescue
Coach McGillis put his hands
on his hips and yelled at both
Cindy and Jasmine.
A referee blew his whistle to
signal the end of the game’s
first half.
The starting lineup of the
team watched the game clock
as it counted down.
Coach McGillis put his hands
on his hips and yelled at both
Cindy and Jasmine.
A referee blew his whistle to
signal the end of the game’s
first half.
What’s the Order?
The starting lineup of the
team watched the game clock
as it counted down.
What’s the Order?
Jasmine asked for help from
one of the cheerleaders when
she realized that her hair had
come loose.
During the pause in game
play, Cindy weaved Jasmine’s
hair into a tight braid.
Jasmine asked for help from
one of the cheerleaders when
she realized that her hair had
come loose.
Number from 1 to 5 the following events from the
short passage of text you have just read (1 = the first
event to happen; 5 = the last event to occur).
During the pause in game
play, Cindy weaved Jasmine’s
hair into a tight braid.
Number from 1 to 5 the following events from the
short passage of text you have just read (1 = the first
event to happen; 5 = the last event to occur).
Overview of SEQUENCES:
Sequences Ordering Exercises print two-per-page and allow your students to practice ordering story events in the
correct sequence in which they occurred. The best feature about these exercises is that the leveled text itself is brief in
nature—making them an ideal quick addition to your reading groups or even for whole-class instruction. Your students
simply read the short passage of text and then flip the page over to order five events that happened in the story.
Readability Level:
This free sample of Sequences has a 520L level of readability. If you are unfamiliar with Lexile levels, here is a
readability conversion chart that shows approximately with which grade levels it is best used:
Grade Level
Lexile
Guided Reading
DRA
Reading Recovery
K
BR-100L
A-B
A, 1-3
A, B, 1-3
1
0L-300L
C-I
4-16
4-16
2
150L-450L
J-M
18-28
18-20
3
300L-650L
N-P
30-38
22-24
4
450L-800L
Q-S
40
26
5
550L-900L
T-V
40-50
28
6
650L-1000L
W-Y
N/A
30
7
700L-1050L
Z
N/A
32
8
800L-1100L
Z
N/A
34
As you can see, this free sample is best utilized with students in grades 3-4. However, depending on the ability of
your students, you can still use this text in higher/lower grades too. We always stress not putting too much weight
on readability levels. They are a great starting point for selecting text for your students. Yet, student interest level,
as well as a whole host of other factors, will determine whether or not the text is truly readable. In addition,
students still get lots of value by periodically reading text outside of grade and skill level determinations.
Common Core Alignment:
This story and assessment addresses multiple standards in the Reading Literature strand of the Common Core State
Standards for your grade level, including RL.1, RL.2, and RL.10. Yet, these materials may apply to more of the
standards. Please reference the standards directly for additional correlation.
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