Take a series of pictures for a commonly experienced event or activity and put them up on a smart board. Have the students determine the logical order for the pictures to appear. Alternately, display a picture and tell the students what the activity is. Have them describe the next step. If they are correct, show the next picture in the sequence and ask for the next step.
Provide a sheet of paper broken up in six blocks. Have the students close their eyes and listen to a short story with clearly defined steps. Ask the children to picture the story in their head as you read it. When the story is over, have them open their eyes and draw the steps of the story in order into the six blocks on their paper. They may include a written description underneath the pictures.
Place students in groups of four or five and give each group a different short story. Have each group work for about 30 minutes to work out the sequence of events and how they will portray the story to classmates. Allow each group five to seven minutes to act out their story.
Give students a handout that includes three or four pictures with 10 to 15 lines between each pictures. The first picture should be the beginning of the story and include the main character. The next picture should be somewhere near the middle of the story. You may include a third picture that is also somewhere in the interior of the story. The final picture should be the end of the story. Allow each student to craft her own story from the sequence of pictures. The student first describes what is happening in the first picture and then develops logical steps to arrive at the next picture. Students may share their stories in small groups.
Group four to five students into a unit to explain the steps to an activity. Allow the students to choose one or two students to perform the actions, one student to record the actions, one student to check the steps and one student to report to the class. Give the performer a slip of paper with the name of the activity, but do not allow him to share that information with the other members of the group. Have the recorder and checker work together to get the steps in the proper order. The reporter presents the steps to the class and announces the name of the activity.