Swallowed Fly Story Cards
Independent Sequencing • Emergent Reader
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Standard 4″ × 6″ Cards
Story Sentence Card
Read & Match
Picture Match
LOOP
DOT
Attach Picture Here
The old lady swallowed a fly!
The
old
lady
swallowed
a
fly!
Task: Find the picture token and decide when this happened
Story Sentence
Story Sentence Card
Read & Match
Picture Match
LOOP
DOT
Attach Picture Here
The old lady swallowed a spider.
The
old
lady
swallowed
a
spider.
Task: Find the picture token and decide when this happened
Story Sentence
Unnumbered cards allow students to sequence independently without clues. Page 1 of 6
Independent Sequencing • Emergent Reader
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Standard 4″ × 6″ Cards
Story Sentence Card
Read & Match
Picture Match
LOOP
DOT
Attach Picture Here
The old lady swallowed a bird.
The
old
lady
swallowed
a
bird.
Task: Find the picture token and decide when this happened
Story Sentence
Story Sentence Card
Read & Match
Picture Match
LOOP
DOT
Attach Picture Here
The old lady swallowed a cat.
The
old
lady
swallowed
a
cat.
Task: Find the picture token and decide when this happened
Story Sentence
Trim along borders to produce durable, portable 4″ × 6″ prompt cards. Page 2 of 6
Independent Sequencing • Emergent Reader
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Standard 4″ × 6″ Cards
Story Sentence Card
Read & Match
Picture Match
LOOP
DOT
Attach Picture Here
The old lady swallowed a dog.
The
old
lady
swallowed
a
dog.
Task: Find the picture token and decide when this happened
Story Sentence
Story Sentence Card
Read & Match
Picture Match
LOOP
DOT
Attach Picture Here
The old lady swallowed a cow.
The
old
lady
swallowed
a
cow.
Task: Find the picture token and decide when this happened
Story Sentence
Goat omitted per custom curriculum version (Dog leads directly to Cow). Page 3 of 6
Independent Sequencing • Emergent Reader
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Standard 4″ × 6″ Cards
Story Sentence Card
Read & Match
Picture Match
LOOP
DOT
Attach Picture Here
The old lady swallowed a horse.
The
old
lady
swallowed
a
horse.
Task: Find the picture token and decide when this happened
Story Sentence
Story Sentence Card
Read & Match
Picture Match
LOOP
DOT
Attach Picture Here
The old lady swallowed a fly!
The
old
lady
swallowed
a
fly!
Task: Find the picture token and decide when this happened
Story Sentence
Standard 4″ × 6″ sentence cards complete. Next page contains matching picture tokens. Page 4 of 6
Independent Matching Tokens
Corner Velcro Picture Cards
Fits Corner Target Box
Prep: Cut along dashed lines. Laminate for durability.
H
Stick HOOK (rough) Velcro coin dot on the BACK of each card.
Picture Token
🪰
FLY
● Hook Velcro on Back
Picture Token
🕷️
SPIDER
● Hook Velcro on Back
Picture Token
🐦
BIRD
● Hook Velcro on Back
Picture Token
🐱
CAT
● Hook Velcro on Back
Picture Token
🐶
DOG
● Hook Velcro on Back
Picture Token
🐮
COW
● Hook Velcro on Back
Picture Token
🐴
HORSE
● Hook Velcro on Back
Character Token
👵
OLD LADY
● Story Character
Picture Token
🪰
FLY
● Hook Velcro on Back
Cut tokens match the top-right Velcro corner on each 4″ × 6″ Story Card. Page 5 of 6
Independent Activity Board
Story Retelling & Sequencing Board
7-Step Sequence
Decide what was swallowed 1st through 7th! Place tokens on the dots:
Attach loop Velcro dot in each box
1st First Animal
DOT
2nd Second Animal
DOT
3rd Third Animal
DOT
4th Fourth Animal
DOT
5th Fifth Animal
DOT
6th Sixth Animal
DOT
7th Final Animal
DOT
👵 The Old Lady
DOT
Assembly Instructions
- Print & Laminate: Print on heavy cardstock (65–110 lb) and laminate before cutting.
- Trim: Cut the 4″ × 6″ story cards along outer borders.
- Velcro: Apply loop (fuzzy) coins to card corners & board slots, and hook (rough) coins to the back of picture tokens.
Independent 7-Animal Assessment
- No Spoilers: Cards contain no numbers so students sequence by story memory.
- 7 Animals: Sequence: Fly, Spider, Bird, Cat, Dog, Cow, Horse.
- Matching Step: Read the sentence, then Velcro the matching token in the corner box.
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly • 7-Animal Independent Sequencing Set Page 6 of 6