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Story Retelling

Story Retelling is a reading strategy that is used by the teacher to test students’ skills in oral language and comprehension. The target audience for story retelling is grades PreK to 2. Children’s language is much simpler than adults’ language, so they are not required to repeat the story with words from the story that they don’t recognize. Students are required to determine the main idea and relevant details. They are also allowed to use drawings and other visual representation to help them retell the story. In order to be proficient in story retelling, students must satisfy the following criteria:

  1. Name and describe all the characters.
  2. Include specific details about the setting.
  3. Explain the problem and solution.
  4. Describe attempts to solve the problem (Contains recalling events in order).
  5. Identify the theme.

In our video we will talk about the three benefits of story retelling, when and how to use this instructional strategy, and model teaching story retelling to a grade one class. Please enjoy!

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SHARED READING!

Shared reading is a great way to introduce and get students engaged in the great big world of reading. Shared reading is just like it says. When we share the reading, this can be a teacher reading a story to students, students reading sections of a book together as a class, or students reading aloud one on one; whatever gets students reading and engaging with the stories around us! Most importantly shared reading should be done FREQUENTLY. Many educators recommend that for early readers, shared reading should be done every day for students in kindergarten, and at least 2-3 times a week for those in high grades up to grade 3. Through shared reading times, students learn dozens of different concepts about how language and stories work. It even promotes the normalcy and love of reading that will benefit students throughout their entire lives.

Watch a lesson here on Shared Reading ft. a special guest!

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Word Ladders

Have you ever heard of Alice in Wonderland? Well the author – Lewis Carroll – actually developed this reading strategy! Mr. Carroll was a master of word play, twisting and turning words and meanings to tell stories, but with this strategy, he gave us a peak behind the curtain and left a trail for us to follow. Join us on our little rabbit trail as we hop along each step of the word ladder!