Kindergarten - Reading
6 printable versions - Building Confidence - About 7 minutes each
Kindergarten - Reading - Building Confidence
Worksheet 1What happened first in Mia's lunch story?
What happened next in the frog story?
Choose the first event in the frog story.
Which card is next in Sam's rainy walk?
Choose the first event in Mia's lunch story.
Which card is next in Noah's plant story?
What happened first in Sam's rainy walk?
Which card is next in the frog story?
Retelling means holding onto the important events of a story and giving them back in an order that makes sense. Kindergarten children may remember the funniest or most colorful moment but skip the beginning, repeat an event, or reverse cause and result. This worksheet uses very short three-step stories with concrete actions. The sequence cards keep the full story visible while each question asks about first, next, or last. Support work shows only the first two steps and asks about the obvious opening or ending. Standard work uses all three. Challenge questions also ask which event belongs between two others, but they never require a long written response. Read the cards aloud from left to right before your child answers. If the order is confusing, act out the actions with hands or small objects. Listen for the time words first, next, and last rather than expecting a polished oral summary.
Rain starts, Sam opens an umbrella, and Sam stays dry. Rain starting is first; opening the umbrella is next.
Choosing the most exciting event as first even when another action had to happen before it.
Point from left to right and say: first, next, last.