Picture Sequencing - helps students to write more than one sentences!

After talking to Mary Wooton (Writing Facilitator) on her last visit, I had to change my focus for the next three weeks.

target students' strengths:
- able to write a story without stopping
- strong phonemic awareness - able to record lots of letters for an unknown word

target students' problems:
- story is just one long sentence with lots of 'and'
- not attempting to use full stops & capital letters (though they know/can identify them)

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How am I going to support my students to write three or more sentences for their story, and use capital letters and full stops correctly at all times?

Mary Wooton suggested to teach my students to use picture sequencing. Draw pictures for every idea in their story then write a sentence for each picture/idea.

Why Picture Sequencing?

Pictue Sequencing is a skill that we use when we break down an event into simple steps and put these steps in order. My students need this sequencing skill to sort out their ideas about something that happened in the past in a logical manner. They also need this skill to help them write short meaning sentences rather than a one long run sentence for their story.

Teaching and Learning (Pedagogical / Ako)

Step 1 - Children to share their story with a friend / class / group

Step 2 - Count how many events happened in their story

Step 3 - Draw pictures of each event

Step 4 - Arrange pictures in the order of their story as it happened

Step 5 - write a sentence or two for each picture.

Indicators of Progress

Write more than one sentences for their story.

Use capital letters and full stops correctly.


Watch this video - Some people use picture sequencing for many different reasons. It is up to you how you want to use it and why do you want to use it. Enjoy watching this video.