We read The Copycat Fish by Marcus Pfister and then the students retold the story in order as a class using a Flow Map. The students then in...

We read Fred and Pete at the Beach by Cynthia Nugent to practicing retelling stories in order. As a class, the students retold the events o...

We read Lisa's Daddy and Daughter Day to practice making predictions and retelling a story. Before reading, we took a picture walk and c...

To practice retelling a story in order, our class and Mrs. Francis' class went on a "bear hunt." We went outside to the garden...

After reading ThePrincess and the Pea, the students retold the story on a Flow Map using the Promethean Board. Then, individually, they wrot...

The students wrote to the beginning, middle, and end of Jack and the Beanstalk on a three-flap foldable. I often use this same type of fo...

After reading The Emperor's New Clothes, the students wrote what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story on a Flow Map o...

We recently read The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Pets to practice retelling stories including the beginning, middle, and end. The st...

As a part of our story of fairy tales and recurring phrases we read Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. After reading, the students compa...

After reading A Visit From Aunt Rose by Patrsy Bevcar, the students retold the beginning, middle, and end of the story on a foldable. ...

In reading we are working on retelling stories including the beginning, middle, and end. We recently read Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCl...

After reading Toy Many Toys and A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon, we discussed how the books were the same and different. We charted...

As a part of our author study on David Shannon, we read A Bad Case of Stripes . After reading, we created a class chart to write down our di...

As a part of our author study on David Shannon, we read Too Many Toys . After reading and discussing as a class, the students created a Stor...

As a part of our study on author and illustrator Eric Carle, we read The Foolish Tortoise . As we read, we discussed and charted the charact...

In reading, we read the Cherokee tale of "How the Milky Way Came to Be." In this tale, a family was collecting cornmeal to store f...

Last week we read The Emperor's New Clothes and the students again created a foldable to retell the story in their own words. This story...

Last week we read The Princess and the Pea in order for the students to practice retelling the main events. The students then created foldab...