Retelling story activities

Books for teaching sequencing should have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Here are 16 great books for kindergarten or first grade.

Engage your kindergarten students in core retell practice with fun activities, crafts and this FREE retelling sign.

Looking for new retelling strategies?! See how this first grade teacher uses these activities to have her students practice retelling their stories. Grab them for FREE over on the blog!

How to create a retell literacy center in kindergarten. Plus a list of 20 famous stories and retell props (with printables) to complete this center.

Find new ways to practice retelling familiar stories and build literacy skills such as sequencing sentences, familiarity with repetitive phrasing, notice changes in characters and form opinions about stories. Have fun with storytelling and retelling!

Find out about an engaging story elements game that easily works with any fiction text that your students will beg you to play!

Creative ideas to get kids excited about reading deeper.

Story retell hands are perfect for story sequence, character, and setting in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. It's a reminder for students

Story elements are the five components that make up a story. They are the characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. These elements keep the story running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow. Retelling involves students orally reconstructing a story that they have read or has been read to them. A student's retell should include characters, settings, and events in the logical sequence of the story.

Learn 3 EASY ways to increase retelling skills in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade readers. These hands-on activities can be implemented at the small group reading table. Boost comprehension with these hands-on, visual, and tactile learning activities and lessons for students.