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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.
Grades
Preschool–Pre-K, Grades 1–3, Elementary
File type
PDF
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

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

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What's inside this resource

This activity is great for helping students build summarizing skills. The Event Cards can be put in any order, so it allows for different ways of telling the story each time.

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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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