eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: How to Retell a Story Instructional Video (1.Rl, Quest 3)
Learn how to retell a story by using the five finger approach. This video uses the story "The Tortoise and the Hare" as an example. [3:33]
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Beginning, Middle, End k.rl.3
This eSpark video outlines a new learning quest that will help students master Common Core State Standard K.RL.3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. This video is only the beginning of...
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Axelson Academy (You Tube): The Role of the Author and Illustrator
This video is a resource for teachers that provides examples of how to introduce the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text to a kindergarten class. [1:39]
Curated Video
Interactive Story Retelling: Encouraging Retelling With Picture Supports
Students participate in the retelling of the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar using pictures to build early comprehension skills and promote oral expression. This video models this lesson. [2:06]
Jack Hartmann
Jack Hartmann: Parts of a Story
Story retelling is a critical skill for reading comprehension. Sing along with Jack and increase your reading comprehension and story retelling skills. Learn about the parts of a story or elements of a story. [2:38]
Curated Video
Parts of a Story Song Little Songs for Language Arts
This song helps children learn the typical structure of most stories by giving examples in a fun and easy to memorize call and response format! In addition to teaching the concepts of "beginning," "middle," and "end." It also teaches the...
Curated Video
Youtube: Storytelling Tips With Karrie Korroch
A children's librarian explains 5 things you can do to prepare for telling a story. [5:10]
Curated Video
Youtube: Vodcast Retelling a Story
This video explains 4 things that a good reader considers when retelling a story. [4:29]
PBS
Pbs: Rounding Up the Rhymes
In this video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, the teacher reads text to identify pairs of rhyming words within the story.
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Pbs: Setting a Purpose for Reading Story Map, Part 3
This video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, demonstrates how to set a purpose then listen to see if you can find the solution.
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Pbs: How Do We Know What the Character Is Feeling
This video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, demonstrates how to identify how the character feels in a story.
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Pbs: Setting a Purpose for Reading Story Map, Part 2
In this video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, students are asked to identify the story elements, specifically the problem in the story.
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Pbs Learning Media: Tea Mology: Helping and Learning From Mistakes
TEAMology characters Harper and Paco lend a little assistance at the local library! Learning to read and learning from mistakes is packaged with fun. [4:57]
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Andrea Hollingworth: Identifying Characters, Setting, and Main Events in a Story
This video teaches the standard for Kindergarten, Reading: Literature
Curated Video
Youtube: How to Retell a Story for Kids
This short video explains how to retell a fiction story by telling the characters, setting, and major events from beginning to end! [1:48]