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Read it. Retell it. Put it in order! 📚✂️
Bring the beloved picture book The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill to life with this engaging, hands-on retelling and sequencing activity!
Designed for kindergarten through second grade, this book companion helps young learners strengthen their reading comprehension by identifying important story events, putting them in order, and retelling the story using visual supports.
With simple, kid-friendly illustrations and cut-and-paste activities, students can demonstrate their understanding of the story in a meaningful, developmentally appropriate way.
Story sequencing picture cards featuring important events from The Recess Queen
Cut-and-paste retelling activities to help students organize story events
Sequencing templates with spaces for two or three events
Visual supports to help young learners recall and retell the story
Print-and-go worksheets for easy classroom use
1. Read the Story
Begin by reading The Recess Queen aloud to your students. Discuss the characters, important events, and how the story changes from beginning to end.
2. Sequence the Events
Have students cut out the picture cards and place them in the correct order. Use the two- or three-part sequencing templates depending on your students' needs.
3. Retell the Story
Before gluing, encourage students to use their pictures to orally retell the events in order.
Practice using sequencing language such as first, next, then, and last.
4. Glue & Share
Once students have placed the events in order, they can glue their pictures onto the template and share their retelling with a partner, small group, or teacher!
This simple activity provides meaningful opportunities for students to:
Identify important events in a story
Practice sequencing events in the correct order
Strengthen reading comprehension
Develop oral language and storytelling skills
Use pictures to support their thinking
Practice fine motor skills through cutting and gluing
Build confidence when retelling familiar stories
Kindergarten through second grade
Interactive read-aloud lessons
Retelling and sequencing instruction
Reading comprehension practice
Literacy centers
Small-group instruction
Partner activities
Beginning, middle, and end lessons
This is a digital, ready-to-print book companion resource. The picture book The Recess Queen is not included and must be purchased or borrowed separately.
This resource is independently created and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the author, illustrator, or publisher of The Recess Queen.
Little pictures. Big comprehension!
Help your students move beyond listening to a story and begin confidently retelling it—one event at a time!
Created by Ehmsee Shane | Baton Books
Read it. Retell it. Put it in order! 📚✂️
Bring the beloved picture book The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill to life with this engaging, hands-on retelling and sequencing activity!
Designed for kindergarten through second grade, this book companion helps young learners strengthen their reading comprehension by identifying important story events, putting them in order, and retelling the story using visual supports.
With simple, kid-friendly illustrations and cut-and-paste activities, students can demonstrate their understanding of the story in a meaningful, developmentally appropriate way.
Story sequencing picture cards featuring important events from The Recess Queen
Cut-and-paste retelling activities to help students organize story events
Sequencing templates with spaces for two or three events
Visual supports to help young learners recall and retell the story
Print-and-go worksheets for easy classroom use
1. Read the Story
Begin by reading The Recess Queen aloud to your students. Discuss the characters, important events, and how the story changes from beginning to end.
2. Sequence the Events
Have students cut out the picture cards and place them in the correct order. Use the two- or three-part sequencing templates depending on your students' needs.
3. Retell the Story
Before gluing, encourage students to use their pictures to orally retell the events in order.
Practice using sequencing language such as first, next, then, and last.
4. Glue & Share
Once students have placed the events in order, they can glue their pictures onto the template and share their retelling with a partner, small group, or teacher!
This simple activity provides meaningful opportunities for students to:
Identify important events in a story
Practice sequencing events in the correct order
Strengthen reading comprehension
Develop oral language and storytelling skills
Use pictures to support their thinking
Practice fine motor skills through cutting and gluing
Build confidence when retelling familiar stories
Kindergarten through second grade
Interactive read-aloud lessons
Retelling and sequencing instruction
Reading comprehension practice
Literacy centers
Small-group instruction
Partner activities
Beginning, middle, and end lessons
This is a digital, ready-to-print book companion resource. The picture book The Recess Queen is not included and must be purchased or borrowed separately.
This resource is independently created and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the author, illustrator, or publisher of The Recess Queen.
Little pictures. Big comprehension!
Help your students move beyond listening to a story and begin confidently retelling it—one event at a time!
Created by Ehmsee Shane | Baton Books