Retelling to Support Comprehension, Oral Language and Writing




Retelling is a building block to the Summarizing strategy.




Examples of Retelling Activities - (add link)

  • prompt strips
  • retelling squares: can be used for prediction, 1. Before reading, 2. stopping in the middle and predict, 3. predicting beyond the story. 
  • pizza - cut u p and resequence
  • story map- Winnie Pooh - share examples first from more adult text/picture books. Story map of a novel. Students have to visualize and create. Bad Jelly the Witch, map is then go back and find quotes within the story to fit. 3D storymap- recreating with equipment, take a photo and retell.
  • Map it pg 117 Could be done with photos, - Learning online from home
  • puppets - can be more comfortable retelling thru a puppet
  • Gruffalo - photocopy background with cut out characters
  • Call a Friend - Oral Language book. Preparation for Writing motivation
  • Story making Frame - Oral Lang book
  • Story Path




Whistless - Literacy Place lesson resources
New REading book - slide presentations links

Literacy Place resources pg
Literacy Place youtube channel now available

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