Story retelling with familiar picture books to practice sequencing¶

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Description¶

Students put a story in the correct order using an enclosed worksheet, with suggested books including The 3 Pigs, The 3 Bears, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, The Napping House, and There Was an Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly. A Going on a Bear Hunt YouTube retelling is also offered, connecting narrative comprehension to algorithmic sequencing.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Familiar storybooks and the accompanying sequencing worksheet

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-2 students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Sequencing events in order
• Understanding that order affects outcome

Related Strategies¶

• Sequencing familiar everyday tasks to teach order of instructions
• Story Retelling
• Retelling
• Story Mapping

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Computational Thinking Boosters: Algorithms in K-2. (2021). Webinar presentation, NSF grant #1923314. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1923314