Retelling A Story Worksheet

Learners choose a story they have read or heard and consider its central topic, important parts, and what they learned. Three labeled sections organize the retelling across beginning, middle, and end, while picture space gives an additional way to represent a memorable event. The open format can accommodate different texts, but every response must preserve the original sequence and emphasize significant rather than incidental details.

Grades: Preschool, K–1
File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated Jul 11, 2021

Subject: Reading, ELA
Topic: Independent and Guided Reading, Reading Comprehension
Resource types: Literacy Readers, Teacher Tools
Preparation: Print ready

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This Retelling A Story Worksheet is a great way for students to practice retelling a story. By writing down what happens at the beginning, middle, and end of the story, students can improve their writing and storytelling skills.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify important events in a narrative
Retell a story in beginning-middle-end order
Combine a picture with a concise account of key parts

Teaching tips

Use three oral sentences to rehearse the sequence before writing.
Ask learners to remove one minor detail and explain why the retelling still makes sense.

Skills covered

Retelling — source events are restated in sequence.
Importance judgment — central events are separated from small details.
Story structure — beginning, middle, and end organize recall.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Story retelling
Beginning middle end
Key events

Topics

Independent and Guided Reading Reading Comprehension Sequencing Summarizing

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Reading ELA Literacy Readers Teacher Tools Kindergarten Preschool

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