Back to School Story Retell Sequencing Activities

Unlock the full potential of your students’ storytelling abilities with our engaging Back to School Story Retell resource. Designed to provide extra support in retelling cohesive stories, this resource will captivate students while they practice the essential skills of sequencing stories with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Whether in digital or printable format, this 5-level, low-prep resource empowers students to develop a genuine understanding of sequencing with pictures, utilizing transition words.

BUNDLE & SAVE $$: Seasons Story Retell Bundle

BUNDLE & SAVE $$: Year Long Story Retell Bundle

$4.75

  • Perfect for students in grades k-2
  • Students who are beginning to learn how to retell stories
  • Students who present with challenges in telling sequential stories
  • Mixed groups
  • Small groups
  • Whole class lessons
  • Independent work
  • General education teachers
  • Special education services
  • Speech therapy
  • ESL/ENL
  • RTI
  • Homeschool
  • …and much more!
*PLEASE NOTE: This resource opens in Google Slides™. You can print the document by downloading it as a PDF from Google Slide™ or use it digitally.

  • Teaching Video: Play the included Story Retell video to engage students to help them learn and practice sequencing the beginning, middle, and end.
 
  • 31 Pages: Multiple pages of practice activities are included that go along with the teaching video. They help to further develop and strengthen your students’ understanding of retelling stories.
 
  • Back to School Story Retell Leveled Activities Include:
    • 2 Understanding Beginning, Middle, and End
      • Students will identify and label a familiar Back to School sequence using the word or visual representation for beginning, middle and end.
 
    • 4 Picture Sequencing and Retell
      • Students will sequence 3 pictures of a Back to School activity and then retell the sequence using the terms beginning, middle, and end.
 
    • 4 Short Story Sequencing and Retell
      • Students will listen to a simple Back to School story, sequence the pictures, and retell the story using the terms beginning, middle, and end or other transition words such as first, next, and finally.
 
    • 4 Paragraph Sequencing and Retell
      • Students will listen to a more complex Back to School story, sequence the pictures, and retell the story using the terms beginning, middle, and end or other transition words such as first, next, and finally.
 
    • 6 Writing a Retell From Pictures
      • Students will retell a Back to School activity by writing about the sequenced pictures
      • A vocabulary and transition word list is provided
   
  • Anchor Charts:  Included in this resource are beginning, middle, and end anchor charts and posters that help your students understand the vocabulary and how to sequence.
 
  • Graphic Organizers: Included in this resource are story retell graphic organizers to support retelling stories.
 
  • Back to School Topics Include: 
    • Taking the Bus
    • Story Time
    • Getting Dressed for School
    • Teaching the ABC’s
    • Picture Day!
    • Lunch Time
    • Math Class
    • Fun in Art
    • School Rules
    • Washing Hands
    • Meet the Teacher
    • Homework Time
    • Recess Safety
    • Books, Books, Books

Hear what educators are saying…

 

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I like that this resource has plenty of differentiation.
— Candice A.

 

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It is an excellent resource for my first-grade classroom; I would recommend it in other first-grade classrooms.
— Ashley T.

 

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It was perfect.
— Faith A.

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