This helps introduce the concept of main idea and details. It helps kids understand the difference and gives practice to find the details and main idea in various forms and passages. These videos are educational videos and lessons for...

This is an introductory video of helping kids identify the topic and main idea. It helps kids understand the difference and gives practice to find the topic and main idea in various passages. These videos are educational videos and...

Mr. Griot models using the 5 W’s chart and paraphrasing skills to create a story summary.

Summarizing or saying the summary of a text is an important comprehension practice for kids to understand what they read.

Miss Palomine talks about how retelling can make stories or poems much easier to understand. She then recites the poem “Baa, Baa Black Sheep” and then helps the student retell the poem.

Miss Palomine talks about how retelling can make stories or poems much easier to understand. She then recites “Hot Summer Fun!” and helps the student retell the poem using familiar words and terms.

This video teaches how to retell a story. It shares how to first tell the setting/characters, then the problem, and finally the solution. It teaches how using three finger retell (beginning, middle, and end) helps keep us on track....

In this video, you will learn how to retell a fiction story by describing the characters, setting, and major events from beginning to end!