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Retelling Key Details in a Story with Floppy Ears

Retelling Key Details in a Story with Floppy Ears preview
Retelling Key Details in a Story with Floppy Ears preview

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Retell Using Key Details cover: directions to read Floppy Ears, discuss key details and put retell cards in story order
Teacher directions for running the retelling lesson
Floppy Ears story: students read how Shelly tries tape, then a clothespin, to keep Phil the basset hound's long ears dry
Shared reading passage to read aloud before retelling
Sequencing cut-out cards labeled First and Next: Phil loves ice cold water, then Shelly sees his long ears get wet
Cut apart for the first half of the story-order sort
Sequencing cards labeled Then and Last: Shelly looks for ways to help, then uses a clothespin so Phil's ears stay dry
Cut apart for the second half of the story-order sort
Unlabeled retell cards without signal words: Phil enjoys ice cold water, and Shelly sees his ears get wet when he drinks
Challenge set: students order events with no signal words
Unlabeled retell cards for the story ending: Shelly thinks of ways to help, then holds Phil's ears back with a clothespin
Rest of the challenge set for advanced or early finishers
Key Details sort: students color story key details yellow, skip unimportant or untrue ones, and draw a picture of Phil
Follow-up check on telling key details from extra ones
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Reading

Grades

Preschool, Grade 1, 2, 3

Types

Literacy Readers, Teacher Tools

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
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About This Product

This activity is great for helping students improve their reading comprehension skills by practicing retelling stories. The key details activity can be used with any story, but is specifically designed for the Floppy Ears book. This is a great resource for elementary school teachers who are looking for new ways to help their students improve their reading comprehension skills.

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Resource Tags

Independent and Guided Reading Reading Comprehension Sequencing Summarizing

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