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The Little Hungry Caterpillar
Students discuss "The Little Hungry Caterpillar." In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students make sock caterpillars used in retelling the story so as sequence the events accurately.
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Author's Podcast
Second graders engage in oral and listening comprehension skills using podcasts. In this comprehension skills instructional activity, 2nd graders create a podcast where they read an original story. Students then listen and choose to...
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Sequencing
Second graders retell a story focusing on sequence. in this sequence activity, 2nd graders read the story Carry Go Bring Come by Vyanne Samuels. They retell parts of the story and put them in the correct order.
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Billy Brown and The Belly Button Beastie
Students read the book Billy Brown and The Belly Button Beastie and complete a variety of activities related to the book. For this reading lesson plan, students complete activities including discovering body parts, bubbles, retelling,...
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Goldilocks and The Three Bears
In this retelling the story about Goldilocks and The Three Bears worksheet, students retell the story and use the pictures of the three beds to compare sizes. Students compare 3 measurements.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Retell and Size Worksheet Set
In this math and literacy worksheet set, students work with pictures from the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" which the teacher has cut out and laminated. They use the pictures to retell the story or order the items by size.
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Monitoring Comprehension Progress: Story Retells
Pupils retell a story by filling out a record sheet. In this retelling lesson plan, students fill out a record sheet that gives them prompts about the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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Little Engine That Could Lesson Plan
Pupils retell the story The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify the various trains featured in the story, focusing on the descriptive words. Pupils then create their own...
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School-Home Links/Book Links
In this reading homework activity worksheet, students choose a book and record the book title and author. Next, students read the book with their family and complete 2 short answer questions where they retell the beginning and the...
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Three Little Pigs Peek Over
In this summary learning exercise, students write a retelling of the story the Three Little Pigs and color, cut, and paste this peek over top and bottom pages to display their work.
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"The Day the Goose Got Loose" Activity Card_ Home-School Connection
In this home-school literacy connection worksheet based on "The Day the Goose Got Loose," students practice retelling and sequencing the story. They cut out story cards and place them in order of the story before writing a number in each...
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Don't Forget the Bacon Activity Card
In this preschool homework worksheet, students will read the story Don't Forget the Bacon and complete a simple retelling activity with parent support.
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"Jiffy" Person
In this art / literacy worksheet, students learn to create a two-dimensional "Jiffy Person." Students view a colorful scarecrow "Jiffy Person" as a reference point. This template can be used for units on autobiographical and...
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Theatre
Learners identify and create flashcards of important key terms as related to theatre. Students observe and write a 1-page summary of events seen at the High School Musical production using at least 8 vocabulary words in your summary....
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Fourth graders examine the new vocabulary associated with the book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly before listening to a teacher read aloud of the book. They complete a choral reading of the story, sequence it, and write...
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All About Me: Beginning of the Year
Learners retell important facts about themselves to others in the class by creating a booklet titled All About Me. They follow simple directions and present their finished booklets to their peers.
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Find Your Style
Learners read a story and demonstrate their fluency and comprehension by retelling it to a partner. For this reading lesson plan, students follow a note taking sheet provided.
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I Like Bugs!
Learners explore the story I Like Bugs! In this language arts instructional activity, students sort bugs from the story into the correct category. Learners draw pictures of bugs and create a retelling booklet.
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Little Engine That Could
Students dramatize traditional literature. In this retelling lesson plan, students practice retelling The Little Engine That Could and take on roles of the trains in the story. Students create and display train props to use...
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Freeze Frames
Students perform a series of stories or events. For this performing arts lesson, students strike a pose to create a picture from an event in a text. Students reflect on the characters and story line from the text.
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School-Home Links: Recalling Information in Writing
For this retelling a story worksheet, learners tell their family four things that happened in school and then write the events down in four sentences. Students read their sentences to their family and write down any questions they have....
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Hickory Dickory Dock Webquest
Students listen to and read nursery rhymes. They discuss rhyming words. Students play a variety of computer games with rhymes, numbers and telling time. They retell the story through dramatic play, speech, and comprehension questions.
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Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree
Third graders practice retelling stories. They read a story and work with a partner to discuss the key elements: characters, setting, events, beginning, and end. They assess one another as they retell the story. They rewrite the story in...
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Essential Narrative Concepts
Students interact with the main concepts of a narrative text in the six lessons of this unit. The setting, prediction, retelling, sequencing, and the identification of the beggining, middle and end of a story are investigated.