IXL | Determine the order of events in informational texts

Listen and read along with the passage.

Frogs lay eggs in the water. Then, pop! Out come tadpoles. To start, tadpoles look like little fish with tails. Soon after, they get bigger and grow legs. Then, the tadpoles lose their tails. Finally, they become adult frogs.

What happens after tadpoles grow legs? Put the picture on the timeline.

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Listen and read along with the passage.

When you are at the beach, you probably see sand everywhere! But do you know how beach sand is formed? Some sand starts as large rocks at the bottom of rivers. Then, flowing water breaks the rock into smaller pieces. After that, the water carries the small pieces to the ocean. Finally, ocean waves crush the rocks until they become tiny grains of sand.

What happens before water breaks the rock into small pieces? Put the picture on the timeline.

First

key idea

When you read, it is important to try to understand what the passage is saying.

Sometimes authors write information in a certain order. Authors may do this to show readers how ideas or events go together. They may also do this to show step-by-step instructions.

As you read, look out for words that show time or order.

Some time-order words like today, tomorrow, now, or soon tell when something happened.

Other time-order words like first, next, then, and finally, put things in order.

solution

Look at the passage again. The bold words show the steps.

This part of the passage tells you what happens before water breaks the rock into smaller pieces.

Some sand starts as large rocks at the bottom of rivers. Then, flowing water breaks the rock into smaller pieces.

So, the pictures go in this order:

A large rock sits at the bottom of the river.

Small pieces break off of the large rock.

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