Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.

Have the children list the sequence of events

Objective: To examine in detail a sequence of events.

Activity: Have the children list the sequence of events that leads up to the friendship of the two children in the story.

Assessment:Understanding the sequence and the results of the events.
First meeting – begin to figure out what each other means then linking each other, then deciding to be friends.
Perhaps read the story again and have the children tell you when each event happens.