Retelling Rope Fun!

This week the students have been practicing their retelling of fictional stories.  We started the week off by revisiting how to properly retell a fictional story and then the students made their own retelling rope.  This rope should help the students internalize how to properly retell a fictional story.  They should always start with the setting and characters that are in the story.  Then, they should state the problem(s) along with what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.  To wrap it up, they should tell how the problem(s) was resolved in the story.  The students LOVED practicing using their retelling rope by watching the videos below in class throughout the week.  We also practiced with fictional story books too! :)  They had the opportunity to practice with partners and we practiced as an entire class.  We will also be using these retelling ropes in reading groups.  You will soon see the students retelling rope in their reading pouch so you can use this resource with them at home when they read fiction books to you.  Being able to retell a fictional story shows that a student is understanding the main elements of the story.  I told them I would post the links to the videos that we used in class for retelling on the blog since they enjoyed them so much!  ENJOY!!

The Bear and The Snowman

For the Birds

Pigeons

Below are some pictures of the students using their retelling rope for one of the videos.