Page 16 - Literacy Skills

SEQUENCE THE STORY

• Children have their 6 bricks randomly placed on
their desks in front of them.
• Teacher tells a simple, short story, naming 3
colours in the story.

Mpho put on her green track suit and went outside.
She admired the pretty, red roses in the garden.
What a lovely day it is, she thought, as she gazed up
at the blue sky.

• Each time a colour is mentioned; children must
pick up the appropriate brick and place it on their
desk. Start at top L and place them next to each
other.

Q: Can you retell the story using your colour
bricks to remind you of the sequence of
events?

• Name 4 colours and the story lengthens. Can you
work with a partner to tell each other stories?
• Name 5 / 6 colours and the story continues.

Variations:
• Instead of naming colours, the teacher can use
words that are associated with certain colours
and the children place those colour bricks from L
to R to retell the story.

Masedi had a banana (yellow brick) and a glass
of fresh orange juice (orange brick) for breakfast,
before running out to play on the grass (green
brick).

• 4 children combine their bricks.
• They work on telling a story together, each child
contributes 3 colours to the story.
• The story is then told to the class, who use their
bricks to place the colours mentioned.
• A volunteer retells the story, using the colour
bricks to help him / her remember the sequence.
• [Can link story to current themes]

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