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English · Kindergarten

Retell Characters and Events

Two original read-aloud stories, Turtle's Big Climb and Squirrel's Snowy Day, help children name characters, setting and major events, retell a story in order with key details, explain how a character feels and why, and compare the adventures of characters in two stories. Stories are heard, not decoded.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 60 minutes
  • Story check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Identify the characters, the setting and the major events in a story read aloud.
  • Retell a familiar story in order with key details from its beginning, middle and end.
  • Explain how a character feels at a point in the story and give the reason from the story.
  • Compare the adventures of characters in two stories: how they are alike and different.

Lessons

  1. Turtle's Big Climb 4 steps2 practiceabout 15 min
  2. Retell it in order 5 steps2 practiceabout 15 min
  3. How do they feel? 4 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  4. Compare two stories 4 steps2 practiceabout 16 min
  5. Story check 5 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sound GardenListen closely and grow the garden: find the word that starts, rhymes or claps just right.
  • Word WorkshopBuild the word for each picture, one sound at a time.

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