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Your students have probably heard of "The Ugly Duckling," but have they ever tried to put the events of the
story in order? In this simple sequencing lesson, young readers match illustrations to text and put them into the
proper order.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to retell stories by properly sequencing text and images.
"The Ugly Duckling" interactive story text: the words that make the story
Ugly Duckling story cards illustrations: the pictures that go with the text
Ugly Duckling sequencing boxes sequence: the order of events
Scissors
Glue sticks
Colored pencils
Attachments
PDF
Ugly Duckling Story Cards
PDF
Ugly Duckling Sequencing Boxes
Introduction (5 minutes)
Beginning:
Point to the picture and remind students that a picture in a book is called an illustration.
Review that the illustrations and the words in a book go together to tell a story.
Intermediate:
Review the defitions for the words illustration, author, and illustrator.
Ask students, "How can you tell what a story is about before you read the book?"
Provide the sentence stem, "I know the story is about ____ because I can see _____ ."
Invite the students to recall the name for someone who draws the pictures.
Explain that the artist who draws the pictures can also be called the illustrator. Explain that pictures can
also be called illustrations.
Open the interactive story to the first illustration. Invite the students to describe what they see on the
page.
Read the text on the page and then proceed to the next page.
Continue this process while calling on different students to describe the illustrations and then predict
what the text will say. Mute or pause the narration as the students contribute.
EL
Beginning:
Provide a visual for the vocabulary words illustrator, Illustration, and author and display it on the
classroom word wall.
Pair students up with a partner who speaks the same home language to describe what they see on each
page.
Intermediate: When calling on students to describe illustrations, provide students with the sentence stem, "I
see a ___."
Explain to the students that they will be pointing to pictures as you read the story again.
Give every student the Ugly Duckling story cards sheet.
Explain that the pictures are all mixed up. Tell your students to think about the words that you read and
point to the pictures that match your words.
Read the story aloud, pausing after each main event. Watch to ensure that your students put their fingers
on the correct pictures as you read.
EL
Beginning:
Intermediate:
The students will use the Ugly Duckling sequencing boxes to match illustrations with corresponding text.
Have them cut out the Ugly Duckling story cards sheet and glue them into the boxes with the correct
text.
Explain that the numbers in the text boxes will help them put the illustrations in order. Model how to do
the first one.
Remind your students to lay all of the illustrations out in their text boxes before gluing. This will help
Beginning:
Have students use their graphic organizer to match the words with the images from the Ugly Duckling
Story Cards to sequence the story.
Ask students to place each card in the matching text box and to wait before gluing their cards to the
paper.
Intermediate: Provide students with visual vocabulary cards to use as supports for challenging words on the
Ugly Duckling story cards sheet.
Differentiation
Enrichment:
Support: Give simple clues to help struggling students figure out which illustrations go where. If needed, pull
these students aside for another short reading of The Ugly Duckling Returns by Tony Bradman.
Assessment (5 minutes)
Call on every student during the reading of the story. Each student should be asked to describe
something in the illustrations.
Assess how well students describe the characters and action in the story. If a student focuses on the
wrong details, such as the color of the sun, prompt the student to describe what is happening in the
illustration.
During guided practice, check for students who hesitate to point at the pictures. Slow down to give every
student a chance to find the right illustration before moving on.
Sit near struggling students and observe them to identify common areas of difficulty.
Take note of students who need further instruction.
EL
Beginning:
Collect student work samples to assess whether students were able to correctly sequence the story.
Allow students to make changes as needed and then glue their story cards onto their text page.
Intermediate: Have students check their peers work by pairing ELs with non-ELs to practice reading aloud the
illustrations together to check if their story is in the correct sequence.
Beginning:
Refer back the the key terms, (text, illustration, retell, sequence) and ask the students to give a thumbs
up if they know what each term means.
Pair ELs with ELs of similar language background for a pair share using the sentence frame, "In the
beginning of the story ____, then ____, and finally ____."
Intermediate:
Ask students to turn and talk to share the story sequence in their own words using the sentence stem, "In
the beginning, ____ in the middle, ____, and in the end, ____."
Have students share out with the group.