First, Next and Last: Sequence Organiser
Record a title and author, then organise a sequence with first, six next steps and last.

- Year groups
- Years 2–5 (Key Stages 1–2)
- Pages
- 1
- File type
- Subject
- Reading, English
- Resource types
- Graphic Organizers, Worksheets
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About this resource
This First Next Last Graphic Organiser Worksheet is a great way for students to sequence events in a text. This worksheet will help students discuss what happened and why it happened.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Sequence events from beginning through ending
- Retell a text using chronological transition labels
- Select intermediate events that connect the opening and final outcome
Teaching tips
- List all candidate events before deciding which six belong in the middle sequence.
- Reread the First and Last entries after completing the Next fields to check continuity.
Skills covered
- Chronological sequencing — events are placed in temporal order.
- Retelling — a text is condensed into eight stages.
- Transition language — First, Next, and Last signal event position.
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Event sequence
- First-next-last
- Text retelling
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