This week we are working hard on the components of a good story and being able to retell with all those components evident. I've posted about retelling ropes before, but I wanted to share how much my kids love them and "get it!"
We reviewed all the story parts and created our class-size retelling anchor chart and rope. Then the kids made their own.
Retelling is an
important component of discriminating comprehension in our young readers. Teaching the main components
of a story will help kids understand
story structure, the relationships between the parts, sequencing, author’s
purpose, and so many other comprehension skills.
Here's a little retelling unit. It includes :
*A little poem to post
*A mini poster showing the Story Retelling
Rope
*4 mini posters which depict some of
the story parts.
*3 pages of large icons for your own
large poster or retelling
rope.
*2 pages of small icons for the kids to
make their own rope (color and black and white for them to color their own)
*Student recording pages(color and
black and white)
| example of story part poster Parents, don't forget to ask your kiddo about their retelling rope. Try it at home with the books your kiddo is bringing home. Have a great night everyone! Thanks for taking time to take a peek!! Joyfully! Nancy |