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Bear Snores On Sequencing Cards
literacy activity for kids
One of the many ways to promote literacy development at home is by doing book extension activities.
Sequencing cards are an excellent book extension activity that will boost your kid’s literacy skills!
The sequencing cards on this page are from the adorable book Bear Snores On.
Bear Snores On is a story about a Bear trying to sleep through the winter but is woken up by a cute group of woodland creatures enjoying each others company!
Head to your local library to grab a copy or purchase through the link below.
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Sequencing Cards
what are sequencing cards?
Story sequencing cards are cards that include pictures and/or sentences from different parts of a book.
They are introduced after a child has read a book, preferably multiple times.
The child uses the cards to retell the story and arrange in the correct order.
A child being able to comprehend and retell a story correctly is a critical literacy skill. Sequencing cards are a powerful tool to improve these skills.
Benefits of sequencing cards
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Makes reading even more fun
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Brings books to life
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Improves print concepts
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Improves comprehension skills
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Strengthens retell skills
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Increases understanding of beginning, middle and end points of a plot
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Encourages use of early reading skills to make meaning from print
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Bear Snores On Sequencing Cards
First read Bear Snores On together.
Afterwards, talk with your child about the book.
What happened when Bear woke up?
How did he feel when he woke up?
Ask your child what their favorite part was.
What part did they like the least?
After you have discussed the book together-it’s time to introduce the sequence cards.
Show the cards to your child and talk about the picture on each one.
Next, invite your child to put the cards in order.
You can use a clothespin line or simply have your child lay the cards out on the floor.
You may need to help your child at first, and you may need to reference the book to get the cards in the correct order.
Talk about what happened first, what happened in the middle of the story and what happened at the end.
Finally, read the sentence strips with your child.
Run your finger underneath each word as your read it.
Invite your child to place each sentence strip underneath the correct corresponding picture card.
Once finished, take turns retelling the story to each other using the sequencing cards!
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Challenge older children to put the sentence strips in order independently without the use of the picture cards.
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Turn all the picture cards and sentence strips upside down and try to match the picture card with the correct sentence strip-using the same game rules as Memory.
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You can also print two copies of the picture cards and use as a traditional game of memory.
