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Visual Worksheet – Grade 1: Picture Sequencing and Real vs. Make-Believe

These three worksheets give Grade 1 students practice reading and reasoning about pictures. The first asks students to sequence four cards showing a seed growing into a flower. The second asks students to sequence four cards showing a morning routine.

The third asks students to sort pictures into real and make-believe. Each worksheet includes an answer key.

Put the Story in Order

This worksheet asks students to put four picture cards in order.

These four cards show a seed growing into a flower, but they are mixed up.

Four picture cards showing a seed growing into a flower, labeled Card C, Card A, Card D, Card B

Write the letters in the correct order:

1st: 2nd: 3rd: 4th:

Now write one sentence about each stage, in order:

Reveal Answers

Correct order: 1st: A (seed) 2nd: B (sprout) 3rd: C (small plant) 4th: D (flower)

Sample sentences:

1. A seed is planted in the soil.

2. The seed sends up a small sprout.

3. The sprout grows into a plant with leaves.

4. The plant grows a flower.

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What Happens in the Morning?

This worksheet asks students to sequence four picture cards showing a morning routine.

These four cards show what happens in the morning, but they are mixed up.

Four picture cards showing a morning routine, labeled Card C, Card A, Card D, Card B

Write the letters in the correct order:

1st: 2nd: 3rd: 4th:

Now write one sentence about each stage, in order:

Reveal Answers

Correct order: 1st: A (asleep) 2nd: B (waking up) 3rd: C (breakfast) 4th: D (backpack, off to school)

Sample sentences:

1. It is early and the child is asleep.

2. The sun comes up and the child wakes up.

3. The child eats breakfast.

4. The child packs their bag and heads to school.

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Real or Make-Believe?

This worksheet asks students to sort four pictures into real and make-believe.

Look at each picture. Some show something real. Some show something make-believe.

Four pictures labeled Card A, Card B, Card C, Card D, showing a plain animal, a smiling sun, a talking animal in a hat, and a plain sun

Write each letter in the correct column:

Real:

Make-Believe:

Pick one make-believe picture. Why is it not real?

Reveal Answers

Real: A, D

Make-Believe: B, C

B shows a sun with a face, and suns do not have faces. C shows an animal wearing a hat and talking, which real animals cannot do.

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Visual Worksheet – Grade 1: Picture Sequencing and Real vs. Make-Believe

Put the Story in Order

What Happens in the Morning?

Real or Make-Believe?

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