Assess students' ability to identify and analyze the beginning, middle, and end of short picture stories by sequencing key events, describing setting and character goals, explaining simple cause-and-effect relationships, and producing brief retells or summaries using images and short text. Tasks include ordering event cards, labeling story parts, inferring feelings from illustrations, and explaining how early events lead to the resolution; suitable for Pre-K–Grade 2 using short picture books or 4–8 frame story strips.