Back to School Story Retell Sequencing Activities

• 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!

• 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.

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