Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Let's Learn: Let's Share a Story: "Alfie"

Pre-K - 1st
Read "Alfie" with Emmy Weissman from NYC Children's Theater. This story, written by Thyra Heder, is about a girl and her pet turtle who disappears. [12:30]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Let's Learn: Let's Share a Story: "After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again"

Pre-K - K
In this video from Let's Learn, NYCDOE Universal Literacy Reading Coach Anna Stretching-Cole reads "After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again" by Dan Santat. After reading, she opens up a discussion about overcoming our fears....
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Ice Cream Parlour Field Trip

Pre-K - K Standards
Get your sweet tooth on! Join Miss Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids at Jaxson's Ice Cream Parlor. We learn about the job of a restaurant server, read an ice cream menu, count and crumble Oreos to make our own ice cream. Included are...
Instructional Video
Curated Video

Interactive Story Retelling: Encouraging Retelling With Picture Supports

Pre-K - K Standards
Students participate in the retelling of the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar using pictures to build early comprehension skills and promote oral expression. This video models this lesson. [2:06]
Instructional Video
Curated Video

How to Teach a Retelling Reading Strategy for Primary Students: Reading Lessons

K - 1st Standards
Learn how to teach retelling by using the five finger method for primary students. [1:27]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Work Keys Reading for Information: Level 3

9th - 10th
In this video, viewers watch as a class dissects a poem and discusses the author's word choice.
Instructional Video
Curated Video

Youtube: How to Retell a Story for Kids

K - 1st Standards
This short video explains how to retell a fiction story by telling the characters, setting, and major events from beginning to end! [1:48]
Instructional Video
Curated Video

Youtube: Retelling Stories

2nd - 5th Standards
Listen to tips on how to retell as story. [2:25]