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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books Sequence Stick

Are you looking for book-inspired activities for your beginning readers? After reading the book There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books by Lucille Colandro, your kids will retell the story by placing the items the old lady swallows in sequential order using the There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books Sequence Stick.

 

Story Sequencing Stick

 

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books Sequence Stick:

Sequencing is important in helping beginning readers comprehend what they have read. In this activity, your kids need to recall the order in which the old lady swallows the school supplies. It’s a fun book to read to your child before starting school or to your students during the first week.  

 

Sequencing Activity

 

What Are The Benefits Of Hands-On Learning:

Through hands-on learning, kids use many important skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. They can work on listening comprehension, fine motor skills, and much more. Through these engaging and fun activities, children can use more than one of their senses to learn!

 

Getting Ready To Use The There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books Sequence Stick:

What’s Included:

  • There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books Sequence Cards

 

What Else Is Needed:

  • White Card Stock
  • Laminator and Laminating Pouches 
  • Scissors
  • Velcro Circles
  • Paint Stick
  • There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books by Lucille Colandro

 

To prepare this book activity, download and print the sequence cards. (in color or black and white) Next, laminate the cards and cut them apart. Then, place Velcro circles on the back of each card. Finally, place the other half of the Velcro circle on a paint stick.

 

How To Use The There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books Sequence Stick:

First, read There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books by Lucille Colandro to your class. Next, talk about all of the school supplies that the old lady swallowed in the story.

 

After talking about the sequence, your kids will attach the picture of the old lady at the top of the paint stick. Finally, they will add the other school supply pictures in the order that the old lady swallows them in the story.

 

Story Sequencing Activity

 

This interactive sequence activity is a fun literacy center, morning tub, or enrichment activity for early finishers.

 

Using the There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books Sequence Stick is a hands-on way for your kids to retell the story and put the items the old lady swallows in sequential order.  It’s a fun activity to do at the beginning of the school year and an easy way for you to check if your kids comprehended the story.

 


 

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books Sequence Stick

 

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Download The Freebie:

Click on the pencil below to automatically download the sequencing printables!