RETELLING STORIES
Contributor: Hailey Miller Sample NearPod Lesson In this unit, rst grade students will be learning how to retell stories, including keys details while demonstrating understanding of the central message or lesson. Students may not understand how to specify the central message or lesson in the story. Students may also have di culty with only giving keydetails rather than giving non-important details in their retelling of the story. These issues can be tackled by showing students stories in di erent ways in addition to the traditional class read-aloud. Teachers can use technology applications and websites to give students multiple ways of hearing a story this can help them become more engaged with the story. The students will participate in interactive read-alouds, group discussions, and digital media. Retelling stories is an important skill to learn because students will need it to determine central ideas or themes of a text and to summarize the key supporting details in a text. Once students learn how to e ectively retell stories, they can apply the skill to any text and be able to summarize using key details and identify the theme or central message. Retelling stories, including key details, is a learning expectation covered Common Core English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Grade 1: Key Ideas and Details, Standard 2.
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Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate an understanding of their central message or lesson.
