Stronger Ways to Retell

It's that time of year when we are helping students learn stronger ways to RETELL. Kids are learning that there is more than one way to retell a book. We try to always encourage the kids to use the book when retelling. {Thanks to Christy for sharing these}.

Retelling In Kindergarten

 WHO? WHAT? WHERE? Retell 

It might sound like: "Mrs. Wishy-Washy is washing the animals on the farm."

WHAT HAPPENED? Retell

It might sound like: "First, the animals were playing in the mud. Then, Mrs. Wishy-Washy told them to go in the tub. Next, she cleaned the animals. Last the animals run off to play in the mud again! "

BIG IDEA! Retell

It might sound like: "Mrs. Wishy Washy washes all the dirty animals. She washes the cow. She washes the duck. She washes the pig."


Retelling in First and Second Grade 

Grade One Character Unit of Study {Teacher College} & Jenn Serravallo Strategy book

1. Have the kids keep track of the When and Where
2. Retell across your fingers
   
3. Give kids 5 Post-its to spread across the whole book
4. Retell just the important parts
5. Mark pages with Post-its (don't need to write on them)

In second grade, we are encouraging students to talk and stop and jot.  We know that the kids have to be able to say it before they can write it.

• Read a chunk and talk about it
• Read a chunk and stop and jot
• Use the sentence stem This part is important because...
• Ask Who? What? Where?
• Retell the important events in order

We are practicing a lot of these strategies during interactive read aloud too.

Happy almost Friday!