Introduce sequencing through writing skills. Ask students to write the instructions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Bring all the supplies for making sandwiches to class. Ask various students to read the instructions they wrote. Follow those instructions exactly. You will demonstrate that students place many steps out of order, making it impossible to make a simple sandwich. Once students correct the sequence, they can eat their sandwiches.
Combine listening and reading skills in a sequence. Read a passage aloud and have students take notes. Ask each student to cut their notes into strips. Each strip should contain one note. The student should shuffle the strips and hand them to a neighboring student. The neighboring student must put the strips in order. This will require the student to remember the passage and put the notes in the correct sequence.
Present number sequences. High School students have advanced enough skills to determine the rules for a number sequence. For example, write on the board: 8, 13, 18, 23. Now ask students to figure out what the next number would be and explain the rule for getting that number. In this case the next number is 28 because you must add 5 to each number to get the next number. Place increasingly difficult sequences on the board. For example, write 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243. This sequence can be solved once the student realizes each number is multiplied by 3 to get the next number.
Make scientific predictions. Use growing plants in the classroom to make predictions. Have students describe the sequence of events they have already observed, such as a seed sprouting, growing a shoot or stem, and growing leaves. Then ask students to predict what will happen next. Ask for a written account of all observations in the order they occurred once the plant matured.
Have students make a lesson plan. Ask students to create lessons about their favorite subjects. Discuss the order of the lesson that will make it easiest for students to understand it. Allow the audience to ask questions and explain what sequence would have made the presentation more understandable.