Camelea Publishing
Camelea: Like a Seagull
Hummingbirds and seagulls—how different and alike are the two birds? At her brother's birthday party, Camelea taps into her inner bird as she dances like a zippy hummingbird. But when it is time to sleep, she thinks of the calm seagull...
Camelea Publishing
Camelea: Like the Elephants
Camelea loves the ocean air, breeze and beautiful things she sees on the beach. Her brother and mother both want her to swim in the ocean, but she doesn't want to get water in her nose. Follow along with the story to see how Camelea...
PBS
Pbs: Super Why!
Empower students on a reading adventure with this collection of interactive literacy games. Superpower your literacy lessons with these videos, interactives, and activities.
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]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Kid's Books With Lessons for Life
This site features children's literature with lessons for life as the common theme running through them.
British Council
Learn English Kids: The Lucky Envelope
After reading along and listening to this story, you can print off activities that check your comprehension. Practice story sequencing and other comprehension skills and write a message.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Kid's Books With Lessons for Life
This site features children's literature with lessons for life as the common theme running through them.
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...
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
How to Teach a Retelling Reading Strategy for Primary Students: Reading Lessons
Learn how to teach retelling by using the five finger method for primary students. [1:27]
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.
PBS
Pbs: Story Retelling With Aac: Strategies for Students With Cognitive Disabilities
Video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, demonstrates students use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices to retell a story.
PBS
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]
Learnbat
Show Me: Key Details in a Story
A video screencast [1:45] on using a graphic organizer to identify the key details in a story.
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Recounting Stories Instructional Video (2.Rl.2)
This eSpark video outlines a new learning Quest that will help students master Common Core Standard 2.RL.2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. [4:40]
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]