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Retelling A Story Worksheet

A beginning-middle-end organizer supports drawing and written retelling of important events from a self-selected or teacher-read story.
Grades
Preschool–1, Elementary
File type
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Preparation
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Updated Jul 11, 2021

Subject
ELA, Reading
Topic
Independent and Guided Reading, Reading Comprehension
Resource types
Literacy Readers, Teacher Tools
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What's inside this resource

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

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