Retelling Stories Activity
Story retelling activity with four illustrated event cards about swimming: children put the events in order, read the story, then retell it on a First, Next, Then, Last writing page.

- Year levels
- Pre-school (Early Years), Years 1–3
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Reading, English
- Topic
- Independent and Guided Reading, Reading Comprehension
- Resource types
- Teacher Tools
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9EFLE05 — retell and adapt familiar literary texts through play…
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About this resource
This activity is great for helping students build summarising skills. The Event Cards can be put in any order, so it allows for different ways of telling the story each time.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Sequence four story events in the correct order
Retell a simple story using first, next, then and last
Skills covered
Sequencing — ordering picture cards before reading the story aloud
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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
- AC9EFLE05 — retell and adapt familiar literary texts through play, performance, images or writing
Core concepts
Sequencing
Retelling
Transition words
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