IXL | Put the sentences in order | 3rd grade language arts

Put the sentences in order from beginning to end.

Lois Lowry is the author of many popular children's books.

In 1993, she won a second Newbery Award for her book The Giver.

She won her first Newbery Award for her 1989 book, Number the Stars.

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question

Put the sentences in order from beginning to end.

After those end, we'll have lunch at the big picnic tables in the street.

This year, our neighborhood is having our block party in May.

As usual, the block party will start with games and contests for the children.

key idea

To tell a story or explain how to do something, sentences should go in an order that makes sense. Writers often start by saying what the passage is about. Then they write about events in the order that they happen. Time-order words and phrases make that order clearer.

We drove to Clarksville last weekend.

When we got there, we had breakfast with my grandparents.

We decided to catch an afternoon movie after we ate.

Later that evening, we watched the sunset at the beach.

solution

Put the sentences in order from beginning to end. The words and phrases in bold can help you.

This year, our neighborhood is having our block party in May.

As usual, the block party will start with games and contests for the children.

After those end, we'll have lunch at the big picnic tables in the street.

The sentence about having a neighborhood block party goes first. It tells you what the rest of the passage is about.

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